PUBLIC BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION v. ATLANTA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

No. S95A0332.

457 S.E.2d 814 (1995)

265 Ga. 526

PUBLIC BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION et al. v. ATLANTA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied June 30, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Mason Barge, McKee & Barge, Atlanta, for Public Broadcasting Ass'n et al.

Jane E. Fahey, J. Scott McClain, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for Atlanta City School Dist. et al.


FLETCHER, Justice.

The Atlanta Board of Education owns and operates WABE, a public radio station, and WPBA, a public television station. The Public Broadcasting Association of Greater Atlanta, Inc. filed a petition for writ of mandamus to require the school board to divest itself of its broadcast licenses. We must decide whether the trial court had jurisdiction to consider the association's petition. Because the school board's authority to hold the broadcast licenses...

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