Kaplan v. City of Atlanta

Pope, Judge.

Appellant negotiated and entered into a consent agreement with the City of Atlanta relating to citations which he had received charging him with numerous violations of the Atlanta Housing Code. Under the terms of the agreement, appellant’s nole contendere plea would be unopposed by the City and appellant agreed to pay fines on, or in some cases demolish, the properties alleged to be in violation of the housing code. With a minor modification, the consent agreement became the judgment of the Municipal Court of Atlanta on August 23, 1979.

On October 8,1979 appellant petitioned for a…