· 5/24/2004
BOARD OF COM'RS OF DOUGHERTY COUNTY v. Saba
Citations
- 598 S.E.2d 437
- 278 Ga. 176
- 2004 Fulton County D. Rep. 1706
- 2004 Ga. LEXIS 416
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that a county may not dictate how a sheriff’s budget will be spent
- reiterating that the sheriff “is an elected constitutional county officer and not an employee of the county commission”
- A sheriffs “authority and duty to administer the jail in his jurisdiction flows from the State.”
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Judges: Benham
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