Davis v. Jackson

Bowles, Justice.

The appellants brought this action individually and as representatives of a similarly situated class of persons, all of whom are employed by the City of Atlanta. They appealed the lower court’s grant of appellees’ motion for summary judgment based upon the appellants’ lack of standing to maintain the suit.

The record shows that on January 20, 1975, an ordinance was enacted which directed the city’s commissioner of finance to establish a program of payroll deduction of union dues for employee organizations. Under this ordinance, the city was authorized to deduct a certain amount…