Legal Opinion
Athens-Clarke County v. Walton Electric Membership Corp.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 13, 1995No. S94G0418PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Presiding Justice.
Pursuant to the provisions of Art. IX, Sec. Ill, Par. II (a) of the 1983 Georgia Constitution, the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County came into being in 1991 after its charter was created by the General Assembly (Ga. L. 1990, p. 3560), and ratified by citizen referendum. The unified government’s charter proclaimed that the unified government “shall be deemed to be both a municipal corporation and a county throughout the total territory of said government” and that it was expressly intended that all of the area of Clarke County, except the cities of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Troup County Electric Membership Corp. v. Georgia Power Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1972
- City of Calhoun v. North Georgia Electric Membership Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- Athens-Clarke County v. WALTON ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATIONCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
3Cited by12 opinions
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- South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. v. Town of AwendawSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2004
- Southwest Gas Corp. v. Mohave CountyCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1997
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