Legal Opinion

Georgia Department of Human Resources v. Sistrunk

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 19, 1982No. 38475Published

1Opinion of the Court

249 Ga. 543 (1982)

291 S.E.2d 524

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

v.

SISTRUNK et al.

38475.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 19, 1982.

Rehearing Denied June 22, 1982.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Vivian Davidson Egan, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Hill, Jones & Associates, Bobby L. Hill, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Michael J. Egan, Jr., Timothy W. Floyd, for appellees.

WELTNER, Justice.

This case began with the filing by the Sistrunks of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus directed to the Georgia Department of Human Resources. It comes to us, however, on a matter…

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2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Withrow v. LarkinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Cambron v. Canal InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  3. Blumenfeld v. BorensteinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  4. Mayor of Macon v. HuffSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878
  5. Beall v. BeallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1850

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