City of Atlanta v. Jones

MlKELL, Judge.

Nightclub managers Alan R. Jones, James Lee Berdine, and Brian T. May (collectively the “managers”) were convicted by the Municipal Court of Atlanta of violating code section 10-46 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Atlanta (the “ordinance”) and fined $1,000, after inspectors with the City of Atlanta Permits Department observed bartenders at the managers’ respective clubs selling alcohol without a valid license. The managers appealed to the superior court, challenging their convictions and the constitutionality of the ordinance as applied to persons other than the actual…