Central Atlanta Progress, Inc. v. Baker

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

These appeals involve the Georgia Open Records Act and the refusal of Central Atlanta Progress, Inc. (“CAP”) and the Metropolitan Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (“MACOC”) to permit the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (“AJC”) to inspect their bids for the NASCAR Hall of Fame and the 2009 Super Bowl game. For the reasons which follow, we affirm the judgments of the trial court ordering disclosure of the bids.

CAP is a private corporation made up of Atlanta-area businesses. Upon learning of NASCAR’s interest in creating a Hall of Fame, CAP’s president met with NASCAR…