CITY OF EAST POINT v. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF ATLANTA-FULTON CTY, INC.

No. S96A1604.

475 S.E.2d 598 (1996)

267 Ga. 112

CITY OF EAST POINT, Georgia et al. v. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF ATLANTA-FULTON COUNTY, INC. et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank E. Coggin, College Park, for City of East Point.

Emmet J. Bondurant, II, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for League of Women Voters of Atlanta-Fulton County, Inc.


BENHAM, Chief Justice.

Betty Lane was elected to the East Point City Council in 1992, and resigned her position in December 1995. The remaining members of the East Point City Council appointed appellant John W. Brown to the position vacated by Ms. Lane. When the council did not order a special election to fill Ms. Lane's unexpired term, the League of Women Voters and an East Point registered voter sought writs of mandamus and quo warranto from the Superior Court of...

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