County Asks Georgia Top Court to Hear Tax Valuation Class Action

Taxpayers accusing Fulton County and multiple encompassed cities of using an illegal method to assess property taxes aren’t eligible for class certification, the government told the Georgia Supreme Court in a petition for review.

Atlanta, joining Fulton County, asked the high court to grant certiorari and review a January appeals court’s opinion that said the taxpayers qualified for class certification because they satisfied statutory criteria under Georgia law. But in doing so, the Georgia Court of Appeals “crafted an unprecedented and unsustainable standard for class certification and contradicted this Court’s longstanding mandate that property owners are not entitled to a ...