Legal Opinion
Ellis v. Caldwell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 9, 2012No. S11A1748PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
Appellants Burrell Ellis, DeKalb County CEO, and Eddie O’Brien, Fire Rescue Chief of DeKalb County (collectively, “the County”) appeal from the grant of a writ of mandamus ordering the County to reinstate appellee Sell Caldwell III to his former position as a fire captain in the DeKalb County Fire Rescue Department and awarding him back pay and costs of litigation. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
The facts are not in dispute. On February 2, 2010, Caldwell’s employment as a captain with the DeKalb County Fire Rescue *337Department was terminated by the former Fire Rescue…
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