Legal Opinion
Homewood Village, LLC v. Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided September 18, 2015No. CASE NO. 3:15-CV-23 (CDL)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
' CLAY D. LAND, CHIEF U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
The Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County (“Athens-Clarke”) enacted an ordinance that imposes a charge on property owners for a stormwater management program. Plaintiffs, who have been assessed with charges under the ordinance, allege in their Complaint that the charge is an unconstitutional tax, and that by collecting the unconstitutional tax, Athens-Clarke is violating their rights under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment and the Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth…
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