Legal Opinion
Blue Ridge Mountain Fisheries, Inc. v. Department of Natural Resources
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 16, 1995No. A94A2003PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Chief Judge.
This case comes to us on the denial of plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment and the grant of defendants’ motion for summary judgment. It is an action based on 42 USC § 1983 and state tort law.
On May 1, 1990, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) searched the Wilson Spring Fish Hatchery owned by Blue Ridge Mountain Fisheries, Inc. Officers seized approximately 1,223 white sturgeon fish being held for breeding and eventual caviar production. David Cochran, president and principal stockholder of Blue Ridge, was arrested. He was charged with violating…
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