KAUTZ v. POWELL

No. S14G1161.

773 S.E.2d 690 (2015)

297 Ga. 283

KAUTZ, Mayor v. POWELL et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 15, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Lester Tate III , Akin & Tate, PC, Cartersville, Phyllis Miller , Phyllis Miller, P.C., Lawrenceville, Zahra S. Karinshak , Christopher Edward Adams , Krevolin & Horst, LLC, Atlanta, Kelly Dawn Kautz , Law Offices of Kelly D. Kautz, LLC, Snellville, for appellant.

Jody Charles Campbell , Rubin Lublin, LLC, Peachtree Corners , Anthony O.L. Powell , Robert Jackson Wilson , Webb, Tanner, Powell, Mertz & Wilson LLP, Lawrenceville, Kathryn S. Whitlock , Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.


Kelly D. Kautz, the mayor of Snellville, filed a declaratory action against the members of the Snellville city council, seeking a declaration that she, as mayor, had sole authority to terminate the employment of the city attorney. The trial court ruled against her, and the Court of Appeals affirmed, finding that the city council...

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