Legal Opinion
City of Atlanta v. Watson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 23, 1996No. S96G0600PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sears, Justice.
We granted certiorari in this case in order to (1) determine whether the City of Atlanta violated the equal protection rights of owners of multi-family residences near Hartsfield International Airport, when as part of its Airport Noise Abatement Program, the City purchased only single-family residences from their owners, and (2) consider two evidentiary rulings made by the Court of Appeals. We find that under the circumstances of this case, the City’s purchase of single-family residences to the exclusion of their multi-family counterparts bears a rational relationship to a…
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