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PITTS v. BUSBEE

Civ. A. No. C74-1060A.

395 F.Supp. 35 (1975)

Robert (Robb) PITTS, Plaintiff, Goodwyn Cates, Intervenor, v. George D. BUSBEE et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

June 2, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Parks, George L. Howell and Carl T. Horton, Patterson, Parks & Franklin, Atlanta, Ga., for Pitts.

Charles L. Weltner, Atlanta, Ga., for Cates.

Michael H. Chanin, Atlanta, Ga., for Abernathy.

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Dorothy Y. Kirkley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for Busbee and Fortson.

John Tye Ferguson, Webb, Parker, Young & Ferguson, Atlanta, Ga., for Hammond.

ORDER

EDENFIELD, Chief Judge.

In 1952, as part of an overall attempt to coordinate the governments of Atlanta and Fulton County, the Georgia General Assembly enacted a bill which established a new Fulton County Commission composed of three commissioners, all of whom were required to run for specific posts and were elected at-large in the entire county by plurality vote. Georgia Laws, 1952, p. 2672. In 1970 the General Assembly enacted legislation requiring...

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