Legal Opinion
Wall v. Board of Elections
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 30, 1978No. 34037, 34038PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Justice.
The present case presents challenges to the constitutionality of a local annexation statute for the City of Savannah. Ga. L. 1978, p. 3998 (referred to hereinafter as the annexation statute or the Act).
Under Section 1 of the Act, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Savannah is enlarged from six members to eight members. However, the present method for electing the mayor remains unchanged. The six members of the aldermanic board had previously been elected on an at-large basis. Section 1 provides that two of the members of the new eight-member board are to be elected at…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- South Carolina v. KatzenbachSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Hunter v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Perkins v. MatthewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- City of Richmond v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Town of Lockport v. Citizens for Community Action at the Local Level, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Hollowell v. JoveSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- Anderson v. Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 2000
- Lutz v. ForanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
- City of Brookfield v. Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage DistrictWisconsin Supreme Court · 1992
- Love v. Whirlpool Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1994
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