Legal Opinion
Chanin v. Bibb County
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 9, 1975No. 29479, 29480PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
This appeal challenges the constitutionality of the 1974 Uniform Beer Tax Act (Ga. L. 1974, p. 1447, hereinafter, "the 1974 Act”) as well as two related taxing ordinances of Bibb County. The trial court upheld the ordinances and the Act, with the exception of the "grandfather” clauses of the latter.
The background of the litigation includes this court’s ruling in Blackmon v. Golia, 231 Ga. 381 (202 SE2d 186), that the 1973 Uniform Beer Tax Act, predecessor of the 1974 Act, was unconstitutional. Following the demise of that Act, and prior to the passage of the 1974 Act, on…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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3Cited by20 opinions
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