Legal Opinion
Pendleton v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 11, 1976No. 30674PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jordan, Justice.
These twenty appellants were arrested by Atlanta police at various private gatherings and American Legion Posts in the Atlanta area, and charged with unlawfully establishing and promoting a lottery, in this case bingo, in violation of Code Ann. § 26-2703 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249; 1970, pp. 236, 238). Pending trial, appellants filed a petition in Superior Court of Fulton County against the City of Atlanta and others seeking declaratory relief as to the constitutionality of certain city ordinances and state laws under which they were arrested and other alleged illegal actions on…
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- Steffel v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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- Staub v. Mayor &C. of BaxleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1954
- City of Bainbridge v. Olan Mills, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1951
- Clark v. KarrhSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
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