Atlanta Metro Associated Plumbing Contractors, Inc. v. Maloof

Smith, Justice.

In December of 1988, the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution establishing a new sewer service policy. Under the new policy, DeKalb County offered sewer services on privately owned sewer lines for a fee. These services included cleaning out, replacing and installing “cleanouts” (grade level access openings to sewer lines). The appellants, an individual plumber and two plumbers’ associations, sought injunctive relief, complaining that DeKalb County’s use of public employees and funds to perform work on private property was beyond the scope of the County’s…