Legal Opinion
Hitch v. Vasarhelyi
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 17, 2009No. S08G1645PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
We granted a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Hitch v. Vasarhelyi, 291 Ga. App. 634 (662 SE2d 378) (2008), and posed this question: Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court’s dismissal of the complaint for lack of standing. For the reasons that follow, we answer this question affirmatively.
The Hitches brought suit against the State of Georgia, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Coastal Resources Division of the Department to challenge the issuance of a license to build a dock to Vasarhelyi, a neighboring landowner.1 They alleged,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Thrasher v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1934
- Hollberg v. Spalding CountyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
- DeKalb County v. WapenskySupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Griffith v. NewmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
- Moore v. MaloneySupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Hitch v. VasarhelyiSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
- Hitch v. VasarhelyiCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010