Housing Authority of the City of Augusta v. Gould.

Summary

The Supreme Court of Georgia held that a hearing officer's decision terminating Section 8 housing assistance was not reviewable by a superior court writ of certiorari because it was not final, binding, and conclusive of the parties' rights. Although the court identified three characteristics of a quasi-judicial act, it resolved the case solely on the absence of the third characteristic and did not decide whether the hearing procedures were judicial in form or whether Gould had an enforceable right to the regulatory procedures. The court therefore reversed the Court of Appeals and reinstated dismissal of the certiorari petition.