Ewing v. City of Atlanta

642 S.E.2d 100 (2007)

EWING

v.

CITY OF ATLANTA et al.

No. S06A1988.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 26, 2007.

George O. Lawson, Jr., Lawson & Thornton, P.C., Atlanta, for Appellant.

Linda Katherine Disantis, City Attorney, Amber Ali Robinson, City of Atlanta Law Department, for Appellee.

SEARS, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Lieutenant Herbert Ewing, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus against the appellees, the City of Atlanta and Richard J. Pennington, Chief of Police. Ewing alleged that the Atlanta Police Department abused its discretion when it denied him authorization for outside employment,…