Legal Opinion
Walters v. City of Atlanta
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 10, 1986No. Nos. 85-8426, 85-8427 and 85-8753PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORRECTED OPINION
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
I. BACKGROUND
One of the fiercely fought battles of the Civil War occurred in July 1864 when Union troops captured Atlanta and subsequently laid torch to the city. This engagement is known as the Battle of Atlanta.
In 1885, nine German artists in Milwaukee, Wisconsin began a dioramic painting to commemorate the Battle of Atlanta. The result was the Atlanta Cyclorama, a painting that is 50 feet high and 350 feet in circumference. The painting is now owned by the City of Atlanta and is on display in Grant Park.
In 1949, plaintiff-appellee Dennis Walters,…
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