Legal Opinion
COBB COUNTY v. FLOAM
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 9, 2024No. S24A0599PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
319 Ga. 89
FINAL COPY S24A0599. COBB COUNTY v. FLOAM et al. PETERSON, Presiding Justice. “Courts are not vehicles for engaging in merely academic debates or deciding purely theoretical questions. We ‘say what the law is’ only as needed to resolve an actual controversy.” Sons of Confederate Veterans v. Henry County Bd. of Commrs.,
315 Ga. 39, 39
( 880 SE2d 168) (2022) (“SCV”). This case presents an actual controversy; the Cobb County Commission has asserted an unprecedented power to change acts of the General Assembly, and members of the Cobb community have made serious arguments that the…
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