Legal Opinion
Adams v. City of Atlanta
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 25, 1986No. 72515PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sognier, Judge.
Walter K. Adams and twenty-six other employees of the Atlanta Bureau of Fire Services filed suit against the City of Atlanta, the Mayor of Atlanta, and the Public Safety Commissioner of Atlanta to recover back wages for the duties they performed in higher classified positions while restricted by court order from assuming the ranks concomitant with those duties. The trial court, interpreting this court’s decision in Smith v. City of Atlanta, 167 Ga. App. 458 (306 SE2d 720) (1983), found that because their entitlement to back wages was based on municipal ordinance, the statute of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Undercofler v. ScottSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
- Smith v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
- Brown v. City of East PointCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
3Cited by3 opinions
- Robert W. Kohlheim, Cross-Appellees v. Glynn County, Georgia, a Political Subdivision of the State of Georgia, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- City of Atlanta v. AdamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
- Adams v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987