Court grants Suwanee legal victory
The Georgia Supreme Court has thrown out a $1.8 million judgment against the city of Suwanee involving a zoning dispute with the developer Settles Bridge Farm.
The court ruled Settles Bridge’s lawsuit should have been dismissed because it had not exhausted all administrative remedies before going to court. Settles Bridge sued after the city amended its zoning code upon learning of the developer’s plans to sell 36 acres to Notre Dame Academy, which planned to build a school in the residential area.
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Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. Bill has primarily covered the state’s court system, doing all he can do to keep the scales of justice on an even keel. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast.
