Empire Distributors, Inc. v. George L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority

Smith, Judge.

This litigation arose from a dispute over the sale of tickets for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta. Empire Distributors, Inc. (“Empire”) sued the George L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority (“GWCC”) and its general manager Khalil Johnson under 42 USC § 1983 and state constitutional takings law, alleging that they wrongfully forbade Empire’s use of tickets to Olympic events in the Georgia Dome that Empire had purchased from the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (“ACOG”). The trial court granted GWCC’s motion for summary judgment, holding that…