Legal Opinion
Barnes v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 16, 2006No. S06G0162PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARLEY, Justice.
In 1999, a group of attorneys (named plaintiffs) who maintain offices and practice law in the City of Atlanta demanded, pursuant to OCGA § 48-5-380, a refund of occupation taxes which had been imposed by the City and paid by them during the previous three years. More than one year later, the named plaintiffs filed a class action complaint against the City, alleging that the tax was an unconstitutional regulation of the practice of law and seeking a refund of taxes paid. The trial court entered a class certification order that divided the affected attorneys into Class II, the…
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