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NATIONAL DIST. CO. v. DEPT. OF TRANSP.

37500.

248 Ga. 451 (1981)

283 S.E.2d 470

NATIONAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY INC. et al. v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied November 12, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George B. Haley, Kevin B. Buice, for appellants.

Charles H. Ivy, amicus curiae.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Roland F. Matson, Michael E. Hobbs, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

GREGORY, Justice.

We granted certiorari to consider whether the Department of Transportation of the State of Georgia (DOT) is subject to suit for damages for breach of contract. The Court of Appeals held, as did the trial court, that the doctrine of sovereign immunity is a complete defense to such a suit. National Distributing Co. v. Department of Transportation, 157 Ga.App. 789 (278 S.E.2d 648

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