Caldwell v. Bateman

Gregory, Justice.

The Commissioner of Labor of the State of Georgia, filed a complaint in Bibb Superior Court. He named the five members of the State Campaign and Financial Disclosure Commission as defendants. He alleged in a number of particulars that the defendants had acted in excess of their statutory authority during an investigation of his election campaign, and that the Act creating the Commission was unconstitutional in part. He sought injunctive and declaratory relief as well as attorney fees. The trial court found for the plaintiff on some of the particulars and for defendants on…