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Adams v. Smith

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Mar 2, 1978
568 F.2d 1232 (5th Cir. 1978)

Summary

affirming district court on the basis of its opinion reported at 415 F.Supp. 787, 791-92 (N.D.Ga. 1976)

Summary of this case from Amos v. Glynn County Board of Tax Assessors

Opinion

No. 76-3052.

March 2, 1978.

G. Michael Hartley, Douglasville, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Wm. C. Tinsley, II, Douglasville, Ga., for Douglas Co.

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., R. Douglas Lackey, H. Perry Michael, Asst. Attys. Gen., Robert S. Stubbs, II, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard L. Chambers, Deputy Atty. Gen., Gerald W. Bowling, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia; James C. Hill, Judge.

Before GOLDBERG, GODBOLD, and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


Appellants contend that Georgia law does not provide a "plain, speedy, and efficient" remedy in state court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1341 for challenging their property tax assessments, and that the district court therefore should not have dismissed their suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We disagree and affirm the district court's dismissal of this suit on the basis of Judge Hill's well-reasoned opinion reported at 415 F. Supp. 787 (D.C.Ga. 1976).

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Adams v. Smith

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Mar 2, 1978
568 F.2d 1232 (5th Cir. 1978)

affirming district court on the basis of its opinion reported at 415 F.Supp. 787, 791-92 (N.D.Ga. 1976)

Summary of this case from Amos v. Glynn County Board of Tax Assessors

affirming district court on the basis of its opinion reported at 415 F. Supp. 787, 791-92 (N.D.Ga. 1976)

Summary of this case from Noble v. Joint City-County Board of Tax Assessors
Case details for

Adams v. Smith

Case Details

Full title:JOHN Q. ADAMS ET AL., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVES OF AND ON BEHALF…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Mar 2, 1978

Citations

568 F.2d 1232 (5th Cir. 1978)

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