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· 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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