Legal Opinion
C. F. I. Construction Co. v. Board of Regents of the University System
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 14, 1978No. 55549PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Been, Presiding Judge.
The transfer of the appeal to this court eliminates those enumerations of error attacking the constitutionality of Ga. L. 1976, p. 452, apparently on the ground that the record does not show they were properly raised in the trial court.
Under the law as it existed on December 4, 1975, "the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia is a person in law, able to sue and be sued, and ... it does not have sovereign immunity in a suit for breach of the express terms of a contract which it is authorized to and has entered into.” Busbee v. University Professors, 235 Ga.…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Harper v. DeFreitasCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1968
- Langley v. City CouncilSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Bowers v. Fulton CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
- Woodside v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1958
- Taylor v. New Jersey Highway AuthoritySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1956
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3Cited by21 opinions
- State Board of Education v. DrurySupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
- McCafferty v. Medical College of Ga.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Department of Transportation v. Fru-Con Construction Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
- Hospital Authority of Fulton County v. LitterillaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
- Echols v. DeKalb CountyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
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