Legal Opinion
FULTON COUNTY v. CITY OF ATLANTA
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 4, 2019No. S18A1156PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
305 Ga. 342
FINAL COPY S18A1156. FULTON COUNTY v. CITY OF ATLANTA et al. BLACKWELL, Justice. In December 2017, the City of Atlanta enacted an ordinance to annex certain property that lies within the Fulton County Industrial District. Fulton County filed a lawsuit for declaratory and injunctive relief against the City and several of its officers, asserting that the annexation of property within the District was prohibited by a local constitutional amendment ratified in 1979. In response, the City argued that the 1979 amendment was never constitutionally adopted, that it was repealed in any…
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