Vinson v. Home Builders Association of Atlanta

Hall, Justice.

This is a class action by swimming pool owners and others, seeking to enjoin the enforcement of certain swimming pool regulations adopted by the defendants, members of the DeKalb County Board of Health, on grounds that those regulations exceed the board’s authority which does not extend to matters of safety as distinguished from health. As agreed by the parties, the issue presented by the lawsuit is as follows: "Do the powers granted by the Legislature to County Boards of Health, contained in Georgia Laws 1964, Page 499 at 513 (codified in Georgia Code Section 88-204) authorize…