CITY OF WINDER v. BARROW COUNTY

S23G0341.

899 S.E.2d 157 (2024)

CITY OF WINDER v. BARROW COUNTY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: March 5, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold David Melton , Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, 600 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 3000, Atlanta Georgia 30308, John Elwin Stell Jr. , Stell, Smith & Mattison, P.C., P.O. Box 644, Winder Georgia 30680, Andrew (Andy) J. Welch III , Warren Michael Tillery , Brandon Filson Palmer , Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC, P.O. Box 10, McDonough Georgia 30253, Grant E. McBride , Smith, Welch, Webb & White LLC, P.O. Box 10, McDonough Georgia 30253, for Appellant.

Angela Edwards Davis , County Attorney, Gregory Aaron Meyer , Jarrard & Davis, LLP, 222 Webb Street, Cumming Georgia 30040, for Appellee.

Rusi Chandrashkhar Patel, Kevin H. Jeselnik, Ryan Robert Bowersox, Georgia Municipal Association, 201 Pryor Street, SW, Atlanta Georgia 30303, David N. Dreyer, Quinton G. Washington, Washington Dreyer & Associates, LLC, 270 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 1040, Atlanta Georgia 30303, Keith Robert Blackwell, Alston & Bird LLP, One Atlantic Center, 1201 West Peachtree Street, Suite 4900, Atlanta Georgia 30309, for Amicus Appellant.

Ernest Ronald Bennett Jr. , Carothers & Mitchell, LLC, 1809 Buford Highway, Buford Georgia 30518, Jody Charles Campbell , Blum & Campbell, LLC, 3000 Langford Road, Building 100, Peachtree Corners Georgia 30071, Gregory David Jay , Chandler, Britt, Jay & Beck, LLC, 4350 South Lee Street, Buford Georgia 30518, Robert Jackson Wilson , Webb Tanner Powell Mertz & Wilson LLP, 10 Lumpkin Street, Lawrenceville Georgia 30046, Kenneth James Lewis , Lewis Law, 102 West Athens Street, Winder Georgia 30680, for Other Party.

Jeffrey Shelton Akins, Bulloch County Board of Commissioners, 115 North Main Street, Statesboro Georgia 30458, David D. Gottlieb, County Attorney, Walker County, Georgia Government, 101 S. Duke Street, Lafayette Georgia 30728, Kenneth Edward Jarrard, Patrick DeBorde Jaugstetter, Jarrard & Davis, LLP, 222 Webb Street, Cumming Georgia 30040, Nancy Ladson Rowan, Assistant County Attorney, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, 1201 W. Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 3150, Atlanta Georgia 30309, Michael Peter Ludwiczak, Gwinnett County Department of Law, 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville Georgia 30046-6935, Lawrence Allyn Stockton Jr., Stockton & Stockton, LLC, P.O. Box 1550, Clayton Georgia 30525, Joy Lynn Edelberg, Horne & Edelberg P.C., 215 Morrison Moore Pkwy E., Dahlonega Georgia 30533, Walter Gus Elliott II, Elliott Blackburn PC, 3016 North Patterson Street, Valdosta Georgia 31602, Larry Wayne Ramsey Jr., General Counsel, G. Joseph Scheuer, Association County Commissioners of Georgia, 191 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 700, Atlanta Georgia 30303, for Amicus Appellee.


This case addresses three issues of first impression involving the interpretation and application of the Services Delivery Strategy ("SDS") Act (the "Act"), OCGA § 36-70-20 et seq.,1 in connection with disputes between the City of Winder (the "City...

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