Gwinnett County v. Yates

265 Ga. 504 (1995)

GWINNETT COUNTY et al.

v.

YATES; and vice versa.

S95A0135, S95X0136.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 30, 1995.

Reconsideration Denied June 30, 1995.

Caryl B. Sumner, John E. Underwood, William J. Linkous III, Boyce, Ekonomou & Atkinson, Richard A. Carothers, Lee W. Fitzpatrick, for appellants.

Rowe & Lawler, Thomas C. Lawler III, H. Patterson Garner, for appellees.

HUNT, Chief Justice.

This case presents the issue of whether the Clerk of the Gwinnett County Superior Court is subject to the Gwinnett County Merit System. We hold that he is not.

In 1969, pursuant to constitutional…