Legal Opinion
Chaffin v. Calhoun
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 6, 1992No. S92A0012PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from an interlocutory injunction requiring the Sheriff of Henry County to cooperate in the implementation of a plan to transfer personnel and equipment to the newly created county police department. We find no abuse of discretion and affirm.
In January of 1991, the Henry County Commissioners voted to create a county police department. At that time the Sheriff employed about 125 employees, but was seeking funds to increase his force to 149. The County Commissioners wanted to shift the responsibility for patrolling and drug enforcement to the new county…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Wolfe v. HuffSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
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