Legal Opinion
City of Atlanta v. Columbia Pictures Corp.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 25, 1963No. 21893, 21894PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Justice.
Does this municipal corporation, under its charter powers, have authority to provide by ordinance that before any motion picture may be exhibited in the city, it must be submitted for classification and if classified in either of two specified categories the advertising shall mention such classification?
That issue arises from the filing of identical petitions in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, by Columbia Pictures Corporation and by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation and other similar corporations, seeking to enjoin the enforcement of such an ordinance on the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Barge v. CampSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
- K. Gordon Murray Productions, Inc. v. FloydSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
- Aiken v. ArmisteadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
- Bentley v. Anderson-McGriff Hardware Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1936
- Brunswick Peninsular Corp. v. DaughartySupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
3Cited by11 opinions
- Ford v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- City of Decatur v. DeKalb CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
- First Pentecostal Church v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
- City of Atlanta v. Columbia Pictures Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1963
- City of Atlanta v. TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATIONSupreme Court of Georgia · 1963
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