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· 2/8/1999

Columbia County v. Doolittle

Citations

  • 512 S.E.2d 236
  • 270 Ga. 490
  • 99 Fulton County D. Rep. 539
  • 1999 Ga. LEXIS 116

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that counties may be sued in inverse condemnation for a continuing nuisance
  • finding that injunctive relief was overbroad where evidence presented at trial showed that compliance with proposed relief was impossible
  • explaining that the eminent domain provision of the Georgia Constitution waives sovereign immunity in an inverse condemnation action, and therefore, a county may be sued for damages and enjoined for creating or maintaining a nuisance

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Judges: Fletcher

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