• Milliron v. Antonakakis

    Publication Date: 2024-09-10
    Practice Area: Information Governance and Compliance
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meredith Charlotte Kincaid, Anna Green Cross, (Cross Kincaid LLC), Decatur, Luke Andrews Andrews, (Poole Huffman LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Theodore Benson Randles, Mark E. Schamel, (Venable LLP), Washington, for appellee; Sarah Brewerton-Palmer, Katherine Wheeler Gamsey, Peter Crane Canfield, (Canfield Law LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.

    Case Number: S24G0198

    Court determines that Open Records Act applies to individual private contractors as well as to public agencies, and reverses contrary decision and remands for further analysis

  • Institute for Justice v. Reilly et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-26
    Practice Area: Information Governance and Compliance
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darrell Sutton, (Sutton Law Group, LLC), Marietta, Mark Perry, (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP), Washington, Alex Harris, Matthew Reagan, (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP), San Francisco, R. Valvo, Ryan Mulvey, (Cause of Action Institute), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wayne Allen, Shawn Story, (Office of Legislative Counsel), Atlanta, Hugh Lanier, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee. Madison Kitchens, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.

    Case Number: A19A0076

    Court Affirms Trial Court Order Dismissing Claims Against Offices of the General Assembly Under Georgia's Open Records Act, Approving of Trial Court's Conclusion That Act Did Not Apply to Offices of the General Assembly