Legal Opinion
Bankwest, Inc. v. Baker
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided May 13, 2004No. 1:04-cv-00988PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
SHOOB, Senior District Judge.
These consolidated cases 1 came on for hearing on April 27, 2004, on plaintiffs’ motions for a preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of Georgia’s new payday lending law, Act No. 440 (S.B. 157), to be codified at O.C.G.A. §§ 16-17-1 et seq. (the Act), 2 on the grounds that it is unconstitutional. The Act was to go into effect on May 1, 2004. On April 30, 2004, in order to provide time for the Court to consider the voluminous filings submitted by the parties, the Court entered a temporary restraining order restraining enforcement of the Act against…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Bankwest, Inc. v. Thurbert E. BakerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2006
- COMMONG CAUSE/GEORGIA v. BillupsDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 2005
- Common Cause/Georgia v. BillupsDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 2007
- Muhammad v. County BankNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2005
- Bankwest, Inc. v. BakerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
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