State of Ga. v. McMillan

Hill, Chief Justice.

This suit for declaratory judgment was brought by four judges of the superior courts of Georgia. Three of the judges — Walter C. McMillan, Jr., Asa D. Kelley, Jr., and Franklin H. Pierce — are active judges; the fourth, Judge Samuel P. Burtz, is a senior (retired) judge. The defendant is the State of Georgia acting by and through the Governor, the Attorney General, and the Director of the Fiscal Division of the Department of Administrative Services sued in their official capacities as trustees of the Superior Court Judges [Emeritus] Retirement Fund and the Superior Court…