In Abramyan v. State of Georgia, Case No. S17A0004 (decided May 14, 2017), the Georgia Supreme Court rejected a claim by Atlanta taxicab drivers that a Georgia law allowing ride-sharing services resulted in an unconstitutional taking of their property. Prior to May 2015, Georgia law authorized local governments to regulate taxicabs and vehicles for hire. Pursuant to that state law, the City of Atlanta had adopted regulations governing taxicabs and vehicles for hire and had capped the authorized number of such vehicles in Atlanta to 1600. In May 2015, new state law authorized the operation of ride-sharing services in Georgia,… Read more