Legal Opinion
Schoen v. Cherokee County
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 23, 2000No. A99A1670PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Johnson, Chief Judge.
Lloyd Schoen, a resident of Cherokee County, sued Cherokee County, the chairman of the County’s Board of Commissioners, and several members of the Board of Commissioners (collectively “the Board”), alleging they violated the Georgia Open Meetings Act (OCGA § 50-14-1 et seq.) by holding a private meeting in which they discussed and acted upon a zoning matter. The Open Meetings Act provides that all meetings (as defined in OCGA § 50-14-1 (a) (2)) must be open to the public and any actions taken during a meeting held in violation of the Act are not binding. The meeting at…
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