Legal Opinion
Outdoor Advertising Ass'n of Georgia, Inc. v. Garden Club of Georgia, Inc.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 6, 2000No. S99A1567, S99X1568PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
In 1998, the General Assembly enacted OCGA §§ 32-6-75.1 through 32-6-75.3, governing the issuance of permits for trimming vegetation and trees on Georgia rights-of-way to facilitate the viewing of outdoor advertising signs.1 The legislation replaced certain regulations implemented by the Department of Transportation in 1994 which were declared unconstitutional in Garden Club of Ga. v. Shackelford, 266 Ga. 24 (463 SE2d 470) (1995) (“Garden Club I”), as granting an illegal gratuity.2
The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. and several of its individual members (“Garden Club”) filed…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Avnet, Inc. v. Wyle Laboratories, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1993
- Blumenfeld v. BorensteinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- Crawford W. Long Memorial Hospital of Emory University v. YerbySupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
- Chambers v. Peach County, Ga.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1997
- Kennedy v. WM Sheppard Lumber Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1991
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Garden Hills Civic Ass'n v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit AuthoritySupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
- Registe v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
- Garden Club v. ShackelfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
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