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· 4/8/1996

Atlanta Independent School System v. Lane

Citations

  • 469 S.E.2d 22
  • 266 Ga. 657

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that the Supreme Court \does not have exclusive appellate jurisdiction over a case where the constitutional issue asserted on appeal has not been raised in and ruled upon by the trial court\
  • affirming denial of mandamus relief seeking 8 repayment of amounts paid by city to school district under an agreement that violated the Georgia Constitution
  • upholding denial of mandamus relief to taxpayer who sought to compel the repayment of illegally allocated tax payments
  • affirming denial of mandamus relief seeking repayment of amounts paid by city to school district under an agreement that 8 violated the Georgia Constitution
  • defining “authorize” as “[t]o empower; to give a right or authority to act”
  • mandamus relief not available to compel school system to repay tax funds received under an agree ment with the city

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Judges: Carley

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