Class Action Over Booting of Vehicles on Private Property in GA Lands in Federal Court

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A proposed class action suit against Buckhead Parking Enforcement, LLC; McDonald’s Corporation; Suso 3 Newnan LP and Slate Properties, LLC has been removed from state to federal court in Georgia. 

The plaintiff initially filed the suit in February 2018 over the defendants’ allegedly unlawful practice of booting vehicles throughout Georgia. The primary argument presented in the lawsuit is that state law seemingly does not expressly authorize vehicle immobilization on private property.

“In the absence of a vehicle immobilization ordinance, and complete compliance with that ordinance, booting vehicles in Georgia is strictly unlawful,” the lawsuit asserts.

McDonald’s Corporation and the suit’s two other defendants own property on which Buckhead Parking operates, the suit says. The plaintiff claims Buckhead unlawfully placed a boot on his car in January 2018, for which the company charged $500 for removal.