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ATLANTA v. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS

35725, 35726.

244 Ga. 796 (1979)

264 S.E.2d 21

CITY OF ATLANTA et al. v. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF ATLANTA-FULTON COUNTY, INC. et al.; and vice versa.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 21, 1979.

Rehearing Denied December 4, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferrin Y. Mathews, Isabel Gates Webster, Marva Jones Brooks, W. Roy Mays, III, for appellants.

Trotter, Bondurant, Griffin, Miller & Hishon, Emmet J. Bondurant, M. Jerome Elmore, for appellees.

NICHOLS, Chief Justice.

The City of Atlanta and its city council appeal an order granting mandamus absolute requiring the city council to call a special election to fill a vacancy existing in the office of president of the city council.

Evidence presented to the trial court establishes without contradiction that in October of 1977, Mr. Carl Ware was elected by the voters of the city for a four-year term as president of the city council. He commenced

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