Department of Transportation v. Mixon

312 Ga. 548

FINAL COPY S20G1410. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. MIXON. PETERSON, Justice. The Georgia Constitution provides that, as a general matter, “private property shall not be taken or damaged for public purposes without just and adequate compensation being first paid.” Ga. Const. of 1983, Art. I, Sec. III, Par. I (a) (the “Just Compensation Provision”). This Court has long held that this Provision waives sovereign immunity for inverse condemnation claims seeking monetary compensation.1 In this case, the Court of Appeals relied on that precedent to conclude that the Provision also…