Legal Opinion
City of Lithonia v. DeKalb County Board of Education
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 21, 1973No. 28051PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Presiding Justice.
We are called upon here to construe certain provisions of the Georgia Constitution in light of the contention that a local amendment thereto (Ga. L. 1972, p. 1490 et seq.) was not properly ratified by the voters who were directly affected by it.
The issue arose when the City of Lithonia filed an action for declaratory judgment in the Superior Court of DeKalb County against the DeKalb County Board of Education and its individual members.
The complaint alleged essentially that the plaintiff is a municipal corporation located wholly within DeKalb County, Georgia; that the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Camp v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit AuthoritySupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
- McCullers v. WilliamsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1965
- Smith v. State of GeorgiaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1961
- Commissioners of Chatham County v. Savannah Electric & Power Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1960
- Richmond County v. Richmond County Business Ass'nSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
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3Cited by7 opinions
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