SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA

Case No. S22M0759

March 10, 2022

The Honorable Supreme Court met pursuant to adjournment.

The following order was passed:

CAMDEN COUNTY v. SWEATT et al.

Movant Camden County filed an emergency motion in the

Court of Appeals seeking to prevent certification of the results of a
March 8, 2022 special election set by the Camden County probate
court pursuant to Art. IX, Sec. II, Par. 1 of the Georgia Constitution.
The Court of Appeals transferred the motion to this Court because
it believed that this case may fall within this Court’s jurisdiction
over cases involving constitutional questions.
As an initial matter, we note that jurisdiction properly rests in
this Court as the underlying appeal involves the construction of a
provision of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, see Ga. Const.
of 1983, Art. VI, Sec VI, Par. II (1), and does not address issues
involving settled principles of constitutional law. See City of Decatur
v. DeKalb County, 284 Ga. 434, 436 (2) (668 SE2d 247) (2008)
(jurisdiction of Court of Appeals to decide constitutional issues
limited to cases involving “the application, in a general sense, of
unquestioned and unambiguous provisions of the Constitution to a
given state of facts” (citation and punctuation omitted)).
 Upon review of the current record on appeal and the arguments
made by Movant, the motion for emergency relief is hereby denied.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA

Clerk’s Office, Atlanta

I certify that the above is a true extract from the

minutes of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Witness my signature and the seal of said court hereto
affixed the day and year last above written.

, Clerk