Legal Opinion
Ivey v. McCorkle
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 13, 2017No. A17A0796PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ellington, Presiding Judge.
*147George Ivey, in his official capacity as mayor of the City of Warrenton, filed a complaint seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the Appellees in their official capacity as City councilmembers.1 Ivey contended that the City's council (the "Council") had enacted or amended certain City ordinances in an attempt to usurp the powers of the City's mayor (the "Mayor") as set forth in the City's charter (the "Charter"), and that those ordinances are inconsistent with the Charter and therefore void. Following a hearing, the trial court found portions of two of…
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