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CITY OF ATLANTA v. COLUMBIA &c. CORP.

21893, 21894.

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.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 25, 1963.

Rehearing Denied March 12, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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 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...

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