Legal Trend: State Supreme Court Upholds Statewide Ride Share

State: Georgia

The legal claim giving rise to the lawsuit: taxi drivers claimed that the medallions they must purchase are diminished in value by the statewide ride share statute

The Georgia Supreme Court: “taxicab drivers do not have a constitutionally protected “exclusive right to provide rides originating in the city limits which charged fares based on time and mileage.”

WABE Atlanta NPR | Georgia Supreme Court Upholds Law Allowing Uber, Lyft Services