Legal Opinion
FEDERATED MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. DeKalb County
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 18, 1986No. 42761PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gregory, Justice.
We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals’ decision in Federated Mut. Ins. Co. v. DeKalb County, 176 Ga. App. 70 (335 SE2d 873) (1985), to determine if it was correctly decided there that Cotton States Mut. Ins. Co. v. DeKalb County, 251 Ga. 309 (304 SE2d 386) (1983) is to be given prospective only application. We affirm.
In Cotton States, supra, we held the insurance companies were not liable to pay back taxes to DeKalb County for the years 1974 through 1981. We determined that the enabling statute authorizing the 1973 DeKalb ordinance levying a three percent tax on gross…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Linkletter v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Chevron Oil Co. v. HusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Allan v. AllanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Cotton States Mutual Insurance v. Dekalb CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
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3Cited by13 opinions
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