Legal Opinion
Pope v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 18, 1977No. 32525, 32526PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Undercofler, Presiding Justice.
Mrs. Pope wishes to build a tennis court on the rear portion of her residence property which borders on the Chattahoochee River. The City of Atlanta issued a stop work order claiming that at least part of the tennis court was within 150 feet of the river and the river’s floodplain and that she could not build the court without violating the Metropolitan River Protection Act (River Act), Ga. L. 1973 p. 128, as amended, Ga. L. 1975, p. 837. Mrs. Pope brought suit in the federal district court claiming the statute was unconstitutional on federal grounds. That case…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Harris v. DuncanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
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