Legal Opinion
City of Cave Spring v. Mason
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 16, 1984No. 40155Published
1Opinion of the Court
252 Ga. 3 (1984)
310 S.E.2d 892
CITY OF CAVE SPRING
v.
MASON et al.
40155.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
Decided January 16, 1984.
Brinson, Askew & Berry, Robert M. Brinson, C. King Askew, for appellant.
T. Peter O'Callaghan, Jr., for appellees.
Walter Edwin Sumner, amicus curiae.
WELTNER, Justice.
Mason brought suit against the City of Cave Spring, its mayor and its police chief, seeking recovery for what he contends to be his wrongful arrest for the purported violation of a city ordinance. The police chief, acting on the instruction of the mayor, caused Mason to be served with a "Notice of Charges."…
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- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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