Abedi v. City of Atlanta

Phipps, Judge.

As civil service employees of the City of Atlanta Water Department, Abedi and others sued to enjoin the city from privatizing the municipal water system and from terminating their employment as part of the privatization. Following its denial of plaintiffs’ requests for a temporary restraining order and interlocutory injunction, the trial court awarded summary judgment to the city. Plaintiffs appeal, arguing that the city contravened various state statutes in privatizing the water system and that termination of their employment and their loss of pension benefits were in…