Warbler Investments, LLC v. City of Social Circle

321 Ga. 125

FINAL COPY S24A1024. WARBLER INVESTMENTS, LLC v. CITY OF SOCIAL CIRCLE. PINSON, Justice. In 2020, the people of Georgia ratified an amendment to Article I, Section II, Paragraph V (b) (1) of the Georgia Constitution that provides a waiver of sovereign immunity for actions seeking declar- atory relief from certain unlawful acts of the State or a local govern- ment. That amendment also added a procedural requirement: an ac- tion brought “pursuant to” this paragraph must be brought against and in the name of only the State or the relevant local government, or it “shall be dismissed.”…