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· 10/5/2001

Adams v. Georgia Department of Corrections

Citations

  • 553 S.E.2d 798
  • 274 Ga. 461
  • 2001 Fulton County D. Rep. 3001
  • 2001 Ga. LEXIS 794

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • appellants mere self-proclaimed champions of the community who were “not directly affected” by the challenged statute
  • appellants mere self-proclaimed champions of the community who were \not directly affected\ by the challenged statute
  • there is a long-recognized rule that a private plaintiff who is not directly affected by an official act “may not assume the role of champion of a community to challenge public officers to meet him in courts of justice to defend their official acts”

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Judges: Carley, Sears, Benham, Fletcher

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