McKinney v. Brown

Hall, Justice.

This is an appeal from the denial of a preliminary injunction to enjoin the defendant county commissioners from expending $37,500 of the public funds of Fulton County in an advertising campaign designed to influence the voters of Fulton County to defeat two constitutional amendments to be placed on the ballot in the November 7, 1978, general election. Appellants’ motion to expedite the appeal is granted.

The trial court refused to grant the preliminary injunction, evidently on the theory that the advertising campaign was permissible under the broad discretion of the commissioners…