ROTHSCHILD v. COLUMBUS CONSOL. GOVERNMENT

No. S08G1619.

678 S.E.2d 76 (2009)

ROTHSCHILD II et al. v. COLUMBUS CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 8, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Waldrep, Mullin & Callahan, Joseph L. Waldrep, Columbus, Joshua R. McKoon, Phoenix City, AL, for appellants.

Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis & Rothschild, Jorge Vega, Gregory S. Ellington, Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, James C. Clark, Jr., Thomas F. Gristina, Columbus, J. Gray Conger, Dist. Atty., Clifton C. Fay, Jaimie B. DeLoach, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellees.


SEARS, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to consider whether the Court of Appeals correctly held that the trial court used the proper standard when it required plaintiffs, in a suit seeking to challenge the use of Special Local Option Sales Tax ("SPLOST") funds, to establish their standing by first proving Columbus Consolidated Government acted ultra vires.1 For the reasons that follow, we conclude the Court of Appeals...

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