Supreme Court of Georgia, 1979

Fry v. City of Atlanta

Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided April 17, 1979 · Nichols

255 S.E.2d 48; 243 Ga. 517; 1979 Ga. LEXIS 968 (South Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

Weaver v. City of Statesboro (Ga. Ct. App. 2007)
Atkinson v. City of Roswell (Ga. Ct. App. 1992)
McDay v. City of Atlanta (Ga. Ct. App. 1992)
Peeples v. City of Atlanta (Ga. Ct. App. 1989)

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Opinion

Nichols, Chief Justice.

Certiorari was granted to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in City of Atlanta v. Fry, 148 Ga. App. 269 (251 SE2d 90) (1978).

After consideration of the issue of whether the operation of a police department, including the hiring, firing, promotion, demotion and transfer of officers, is a governmental or, instead, is a ministerial function, this court concludes that, the majority of the Court of Appeals correctly decided the issue by holding that the function is governmental in nature.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

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