Legal Opinion

City of Union Point v. Greene Cnty.

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 15, 2018No. S17A1878; S17X1879PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Boggs, Justice.

This dispute between Greene County and the City of Union Point arises out of the Service Delivery Strategy Act, OCGA § 36-70-20 et seq., and calls into question the constitutionality of the evidentiary hearing process provided by OCGA § 36-70-25.1 (d) (2). In its order entered at the end of the hearing process, the trial court found that portion of the statute unconstitutional, and further found that sovereign immunity barred all claims and remedies except those provided for in the SDS Act itself. We affirm the trial court's ruling on sovereign immunity, but reverse its finding…

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