Legal Opinion
Dougherty County v. Bush
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 7, 1971No. 26190PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Justice.
The decisive question in this appeal is whether a statute authorizing creation of law libraries (Ga. L. 1970, p. 3367) and imposing a specified item of court costs to finance them is constitutional.
This question arose when Dougherty County, acting by and through the Board of Commissioners, filed suit in the superior court of that county against J. W. Bush, the clerk of that court and also Clerk of the City Court of Albany.
The complaint, insofar as necessary to recite here, alleged that the defendant Bush was threatening to implement the various provisions of the statute…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Stewart v. AndersonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
- City of Atlanta v. GowerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1960
- Estes v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
- Walden v. OwensSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
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- Henry D. Dodson and G. Everett Millican v. William Graham, Jr., Etc., Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972