CITY OF UNION POINT v. GREENE COUNTY

S17A1878 S17X1879.

812 S.E.2d 278 (2018)

CITY OF UNION POINT v. GREENE COUNTY et al. Greene County et al. v. City of Union Point.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: March 15, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Jackson Welch, III , Warren Michael Tillery , Brandon Filson Palmer , Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC, P.O. BOX 10, McDonough, Georgia 30253, M. Joseph Reitman , Lambert, Reitman and Abney, LLC, 126 East Washington Street, Madison, Georgia 30650, for Appellant in S17A1878.

Christopher J. Hamilton , Kenneth Paul Robin , Jarrard & Davis, LLP, 222 Webb Street, Cumming, Georgia 30040, Angela Edwards Davis , Jarrard & Davis, LLP, 105 Pilgrim Village Drive Suite 200, Cumming, Georgia 30040, for Appellee in S17A1878.

Barry Abbott Fleming , Frank Adam Nelson , Fleming & Nelson, LLP, P.O. Box 2208, Evans, Georgia 30909, Edward Fowler Preston , Timothy Marzine Tanner , George T. Talley , Coleman Talley, LLP, 910 N. Patterson Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Sarah L. Crile , Christopher M. Carr , William Wright Banks , Julie Adams Jacobs , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1300, for Amicus Appellant in S17A1878.

Walter Gus Elliott , James L. Elliott , William Gus Elliott , Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding, PC, 3016 N. Patterson Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31602, for Amicus Appellee in S17A1878.

Christopher J. Hamilton , Kenneth Paul Robin , Jarrard & Davis, LLP, 222 Webb Street, Cumming, Georgia 30040, Angela Edwards Davis , Jarrard & Davis, LLP, 105 Pilgrim Village Drive Suite 200, Cumming, Georgia 30040, for Appellant in S17X1879.

Andrew Jackson Welch, III , Warren Michael Tillery , Brandon Filson Palmer , Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC, P.O. BOX 10, McDonough, Georgia 30253, M. Joseph Reitman , Lambert, Reitman and Abney, LLC, 126 East Washington Street, Madison, Georgia 30650, for Appellee in S17X1879.

Barry Abbott Fleming , Frank Adam Nelson , Fleming & Nelson, LLP, P.O. Box 2208, Evans, Georgia 30809, for Other Party in S17X1879.

Larry Wayne Ramsey , Kelly Jean Long Pridgen , Association County Commissioners of Georgia, 191 Peachtree St NE Suite 700, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, G. Joseph Scheuer , Assistant General Counsel, Association County Commissioners of Georgia, 191 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 700, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Amicus Appellant in S17X1879.


This dispute between Greene County and the City of Union Point arises out of the Service Delivery Strategy Act, OCGA § 36-70-20 et seq., and calls into question the constitutionality of the evidentiary hearing process provided by OCGA § 36-70-25.1 (d) (2). In its order entered at the end of the hearing process, the trial...

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