Legal Opinion
City of Decatur v. DeKalb County
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 5, 2011No. S11A0354PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINES, Justice.
This is an appeal by plaintiffs City of Decatur, City of Chamblee, City of Doraville, and City of Stone Mountain (“Cities”) from an order of the Superior Court of DeKalb County granting summary judgment to defendant DeKalb County (“County”) in this litigation for alleged breach of an intergovernmental agreement (“IGA”) entered into by the County and the Cities for the distribution of funds generated by a special sales tax instituted pursuant to the Homestead Option Sales and Use Tax Act (“HOST”), OCGA § 48- 8-100 et seq. The superior court found that the IGA is unconstitutional…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- City of Decatur v. DeKalb CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
- Frazer v. City of AlbanySupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Mulkey v. QuillianSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
- Nations v. Downtown Development AuthoritySupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
- Ambac Indemnity Corp. v. AkridgeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
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