Legal Opinion
Brown v. Scott
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided December 4, 1995No. S95A1482, S95A1485PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
Pursuant to a special order of the DeKalb County Juvenile Court, members of the DeKalb County Police Youth & Sex Crimes Unit (“Youth Squad”) also serve as juvenile court intake officers. Youth Squad officers arrested Dan Scott, a juvenile, and charged him with rape. The charge against Scott was ultimately dismissed.
Scott, his parents, and his sister and brother-in-law, the John-sons, subsequently brought a quo warranto petition in the Superior Court of DeKalb County, naming members of the Youth Squad as defendants. The superior court denied quo warranto relief to Scott and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Smith & Bondurant v. MeadorSupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
- McDuffie v. PerkersonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1933
- Hawkins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
- Fowler v. MitchamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Vaughn v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Ga. Dep't of Human Servs. v. SteinerSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
- Ward v. City of CairoSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
- Everetteze v. ClarkSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
- Agnes Scott College, Inc. v. Hartley.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2018
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