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Stockbridge files suit over Eagle’s Landing legislation
City leaders in Stockbridge contend the Eagle’s Landing legislation is unconstitutional.
Two bills recently passed and signed into law that could lead to the creation of a new city in Henry County now face a constitutional challenge.
Stockbridge officials announced May 17 at a press conference that a lawsuit had already been filed in Henry County Superior Court and a federal civil rights lawsuit would be coming in a few weeks. Legislation allowing for a referendum that could create a separate city in the Eagle’s Landing area passed the General Assembly earlier this year.
Stockbridge leaders opposed the measure because it would de-annex a portion of their city and place that land in the new city, something that has never been done in Georgia.
