Legal Opinion
Mesteller v. Gwinnett County
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 25, 2013No. S12A1920PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINES, Justice.
Robert Mesteller appeals the superior court’s grant of summary-judgment to Gwinnett County and its Board of Commissioners (“the County”), in this suit challenging Gwinnett County’s Solid Waste Ordinance. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
The Home Rule provision of the Georgia Constitution authorizes counties to provide “[g] arbage and solid waste collection and disposal” services. Ga. Const, of 1983, Article IX, Section II, Paragraph III (a) (2).1And, OCGA § 12-8-39.3 (a) allows any county that “provides solid waste collection services ... and which levies and collects…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Smith v. Board of Commissioners of Roads & RevenuesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- City of Atlanta v. McKinneySupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
- Strykr v. Long County Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
- Levetan v. Lanier Worldwide, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1995
- Board of Com'rs of Atkinson County v. GuthrieSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
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3Cited by6 opinions
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