Georgia Property Tax Valuation Suit Gets Class Certification

A lawsuit accusing Fulton County and various cities of using an illegal method to assess properties for tax purposes can proceed as a class action, a Georgia state court said.

The lawsuit satisfies requirements for class certification, including a sufficiently numerous and similar class of taxpayers, the Superior Court of Fulton County said. The decision—certifying a class of Fulton County taxpayers and subclasses for specific cities, including Atlanta—comes after an appeals court last year reversed the Superior Court’s original denial of certification.

The class has demonstrated that they have commonality, meaning they share the same issue—whether the local governments valued ...