Legal Opinion
Schumacher v. City of Roswell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 30, 2017No. S16G1703PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Peterson, Justice.
The Roswell City Council enacted a new Unified Development Code (the “Code”) to govern land use issues; the Code included a zoning map. Several Roswell property owners filed a lawsuit in superior court challenging the process by which the City Council enacted the Code. When the superior court ruled against the property owners, they filed a direct appeal. The Court of Appeals dismissed their direct appeal, concluding that their lawsuit was a “zoning case” under our decisions in Trend Dev. Corp. v. Douglas County, 259 Ga. 425, 425-426 (1) (383 SE2d 123) (1989), and O S…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Rebich v. MilesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- Trend Development Corp. v. Douglas CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
- State of Georgia v. International Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 2016
- O S Advertising Co. of Georgia, Inc. v. RubinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
- King v. City of BainbridgeSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Shelley v. Town of TyroneSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
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- Eric Schumacher v. City of RoswellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2017
- Sweet City Landfill, LLC v. Elbert CountyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2018
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