Legal Opinion
Meadows Motors, Inc. v. Department of Administrative Services
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 18, 1977No. 53281PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Deen, Presiding Judge.
1. The doctrine of sovereign immunity means no more than that a suit cannot be maintained against the state without its consent. Koehler v. Massell, 229 Ga. 359, 361 (191 SE2d 830). The doctrine is as applicable to actions ex contractu as it is to actions ex delicto. Georgia Military Institute v. Simpson, 31 Ga. 273, 277; Crowder v. Dept. of State Parks, 228 Ga. 436, 440 (185 SE2d 908). How is the state’s "consent” to suit determined? "The State can not be sued in any event without its express consent.” Roberts v. Barwick, 187 Ga. 691 (1) (1 SE2d 713). (Emphasis…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Roberts v. BarwickSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Crowder v. Department of State ParksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
- Regents of the University System v. BlantonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934
- Koehler v. MassellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
- Busbee v. University ProfessorsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
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3Cited by9 opinions
- C. F. I. Construction Co. v. Board of Regents of the University SystemCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
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- National Distributing Co. v. Department of TransportationSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- National Distributing Co. v. Department of TransportationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
- Newberry v. Georgia Department of Industry & TradeCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1984
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