Fry v. City of Atlanta

Supreme Court of Georgia

Fry v. City of Atlanta

255 S.E.2d 48, 243 Ga. 517, 1979 Ga. LEXIS 968

CourtSupreme Court of Georgia

DecidedApril 17, 1979

Docket34586

StatusPublished

Cited by4 cases

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Fry v. City of Atlanta, 255 S.E.2d 48, 243 Ga. 517, 1979 Ga. LEXIS 968 (Ga. 1979).

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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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