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FORSYTH COUNTY v. GEORGIA TRANSMISSION CORP.

Nos. S06A0421, S06X0422.

632 S.E.2d 101 (2006)

280 Ga. 664

FORSYTH COUNTY et al. v. GEORGIA TRANSMISSION CORPORATION. Georgia Transmission Corporation v. Forsyth County et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 26, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Edward Jarrard, Alex Fredrick Sponseller, Jarrard & Davis, LLP, Cumming, for Forsyth County et al.

Fred D. Bentley, Jr., Cecil Guy McLendon Jr., Bentley, Bentley & Bentley, Nancy I. Jordan, Marietta, for Georgia Transmission Corporation.

George E. Butler II, Dahlonega, Fox, Chandler, Homans, Hicks & McKinnon, Joseph A. Homans, Gainsville, Troutman Sanders, Donald W. Janney, Atlanta, Krevolin & Horst, Jeffrey D. Horst, Michael J. Jacobs, Atlanta, Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield & Knowles, Leslie J. Bryan, Atlanta, Wendy S. Butler, Alan R. Perry, Jr., Atlanta, amici curiae.

THOMPSON, Justice.

In this action for declaratory and injunctive relief, the trial court determined that a Forsyth County ordinance requiring an electric power utility company ("EPUC") to gain approval from the county board of commissioners before constructing a high voltage power transmission line in the county is an infringement upon the exercise of the power of eminent domain and thus violates the Home Rule Act of the Georgia Constitution, Art. IX, § II, Para...

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