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- There was no similar provision in the 1976 Constitution.
- To show entitlement under Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. IV, Para. XI, plaintiffs were required by O.C.G.A. § 9-11-8(a)(2)(A) to allege that one or more "sessions of the General Assembly" or one more "standing committee meetings there of" was closed to the public. Because the complaint failed to so allege, it failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted and, accordingly, a motion to dismiss under O.C.G.A. § 9-11-12(b)(6) should have been granted. Murphy v. American Civil Liberties Union of Ga., Inc., 258 Ga. 637, 373 S.E.2d 364 (1988).