Cobb County v. Campbell

Marshall, Chief Justice.

Cobb County brought this action for declaratory judgment challenging the constitutionality of Ga. L. 1984, p. 4256, which Act created two additional judgeships (designated “Associate Judges”) for the State Court of Cobb County. It was stipulated that two Magistrates (predecessors to Associate Judges) of the State Court of Cobb County were in office under four-year terms on the July 1,1984, effective date of the 1984 Act in question; that both of those positions, the terms of which will expire on December 31, 1986, are presently vacant; that defendants-appellees Nancy…