BARNES v. CITY OF ATLANTA

No. S06G0162.

637 S.E.2d 4 (2006)

BARNES et al. v. CITY OF ATLANTA.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied November 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin W. Stolz, Jr., Winburn Lewis & Stolz, LLP, Athens, Robert D. Feagin, Decker, Hallman, Barber & Briggs, Atlanta, for appellant.

Linda Katherine DiSantis, City Atty., City of Atlanta Law Department, Lemuel Herbert Ward, Atlanta, for appellee.


CARLEY, Justice.

In 1999, a group of attorneys (named plaintiffs) who maintain offices and practice law in the City of Atlanta demanded, pursuant to OCGA § 48-5-380, a refund of occupation taxes which had been imposed by the City and paid by them during the previous three years. More than one year later, the named plaintiffs filed a class action complaint against the City, alleging that the tax was an unconstitutional regulation of the practice of law and seeking...

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