DeLong v. Welch

Hunstein, Justice.

Appellant Edward DeLong filed an application for a recall petition seeking to recall appellee Bobby Welch, a member of the Rabun County Board of Commissioners. Pursuant to OCGA § 21-4-6, Welch sought judicial review of DeLong’s application and, after conducting a hearing, the superior court found insufficient probable cause to support the recall application. We granted DeLong’s application for discretionary appeal to consider whether the probable cause standard applied by the trial court in reviewing the sufficiency of the recall application is the standard prescribed by…