Fathers Are Parents Too, Inc. v. Hunstein
Georgia Court of Appeals
415 S.E.2d 322 (1992)

- Written by Laura Julien, JD
Facts
The Georgia Supreme Court issued an order establishing a commission to investigate gender bias in the judicial system. Fathers Are Parents Too, Inc. (the organization) (plaintiff) filed a declaratory action in trial court requesting a declaration that the commission’s meetings were subject to Georgia’s open-meetings law. Carol Hunstein (defendant), the commission’s chairperson, asserted that the commission was not subject to Georgia’s open-meetings law because the commission was created by court order. Hunstein further asserted that the state’s open-meetings law did not apply to the judicial branch of government. The statute containing Georgia’s open-meetings law did not expressly enumerate that it applied to the judicial branch. The trial court granted Hunstein’s motion to dismiss the organization’s action. The organization filed an appeal.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Andrews, J.)
What to do next…
Here's why 815,000 law students have relied on our case briefs:
- Written by law professors and practitioners, not other law students. 46,300 briefs, keyed to 988 casebooks. Top-notch customer support.
- The right amount of information, includes the facts, issues, rule of law, holding and reasoning, and any concurrences and dissents.
- Access in your classes, works on your mobile and tablet. Massive library of related video lessons and high quality multiple-choice questions.
- Easy to use, uniform format for every case brief. Written in plain English, not in legalese. Our briefs summarize and simplify; they don’t just repeat the court’s language.