Legal Opinion

James v. Montgomery County Board of Education

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 19, 2008No. S08A0369PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Benham, Justice.

On July 9 and July 26, 2007, Dale James made a request to be placed on the agenda of the August meeting of the Montgomery County School Board (“Board”). Per the Board’s policy, the superintendent sets the agenda and has discretion to grant or deny such requests. At the meeting, however, a majority of the Board members may vote to change an agenda, including adding persons wanting to address the Board. In this case, the superintendent denied James’ requests and, at the August meeting, the Board did not vote to add James to the agenda. James filed a petition for mandamus in the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

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  2. Schrenko v. DeKalb County School DistrictSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  3. Bland Farms, LLC v. Georgia Department of AgricultureSupreme Court of Georgia · 2006

3Cited by8 opinions

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