Legal Opinion
Department of Transportation v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 9, 1978No. 33103PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Justice.
On August 15, 1977, appellees in this case filed companion complaints1 seeking injunctive relief and naming as defendants E. R. Snell, Contractor, Inc.,2 and the appellants, Georgia Department of Transportation ("DOT”) and C. W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc. The plaintiffs alleged that they were owners of certain motels and property which, prior to 1961, abutted a general access highway known as U. S. Highway 41. The plaintiffs ("the motels”) further alleged that when U. S. 41 was converted to a limited access highway now called Interstate 75, a portion of the former northbound…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Moore v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
- Chestatee Pyrites Co. v. Cavenders Creek Gold Mining Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- State Highway Department v. StricklandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1958
- State Highway Department v. MacDonaldSupreme Court of Georgia · 1965
3Cited by6 opinions
- Evans v. Just Open GovernmentSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Department of Transportation v. KatzCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
- Department of Transportation v. MixonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021
- Clifton v. BerrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Department of Transportation v. RobertsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
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