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CITY OF ATLANTA v. MORGAN

No. S97A1068.

492 S.E.2d 193 (1997)

268 Ga. 586

CITY OF ATLANTA v. MORGAN.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 3, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford E. Hardwick, Kendric E. Smith, Asst. City Atty., Robin Joy Shahar, Asst. City Atty., Atlanta, for the City of Atlanta.

Robert J. Proctor, David J. Reed, Atlanta, for Lamar J. Morgan.

Harry H. Harkins, Jr., J. Patrick McCrary, Mary Ann B. Oakley, Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Fulton County Superior Court declaring the City of Atlanta's 1996 Domestic Partnership Benefits Ordinance unconstitutional under the Georgia Constitution, Art. III, Sec. VI, Par. IV(a) and (c),1 and the Municipal Home Rule Act of 1965, OCGA § 36-35-1 et seq., as a special law enacted in an area for which provision has been made by an existing general law. Because we find that...

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