Legal Opinion
Grady v. UNIFIED GOV'T OF ATHENS-CLARKE
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 12, 2011No. S11A1252PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NAHMIAS, Justice.
Appellant Ian Grady challenges his conviction for violating an Athens-Clarke County (“County”) ordinance regulating the volume of noise from “mechanical sound-making devices.” He contends that the provision is facially invalid under the free speech clause of the Georgia Constitution. See Ga. Const, of 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Par. V (“No law shall be passed to curtail or restrain the freedom of speech or of the press. Every person may speak, write, and publish sentiments on all subjects but shall be responsible for the abuse of that liberty.”). The trial court rejected his…
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