City of Atlanta v. Columbia Pictures Corp.

218 Ga. 714 (1963)

130 S.E.2d 490

CITY OF ATLANTA et al.

v.

COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION. CITY OF ATLANTA et al.

v.

TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION et al.

21893, 21894.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Argued January 16, 1963.

Decided February 25, 1963.

Rehearing Denied March 12, 1963.

J. C. Savage, Edwin L. Sterne, Robert F. Lyle, for plaintiffs in error.

Robert S. Sams, Tench C. Coxe, contra.

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…