CHANIN v. BIBB COUNTY

29479, 29480.

234 Ga. 282 (1975)

216 S.E.2d 250

CHANIN v. BIBB COUNTY et al. BLACKMON v. CHANIN.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 9, 1975.

Rehearing Denied May 6, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melton, McKenna & House, Mitchell P. House, Jr., E. Thomas Shaffer, for Chanin.

Sell, Comer & Popper, E. S. Sell, Jr., Lefkoff & Hanes, Paul Hanes, Winburn E. Stewart, for Bibb County et al.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Gary B. Andrews, Assistant Attorney General, for Blackmon.

Richard W. Lay, Sam S. Harben, Jr., amicus curiae.


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 (...

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