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Argued January 30, 1979.
Decided February 8, 1979.
Rehearings Denied March 28, 1979.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Samuel F. Maguire, Stephen E. Shepard, for appellant (Case Nos. 34408 and 34664).
H. William Sams, Jr., Jay Sawilowsky, Pete Fletcher, Jr., Robert C. Daniel, Christopher G. Nicholson, Nickolas P. Chilivis, Samuel F. Maguire, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Randolph A. Rogers, for appellees (Case Nos. 34408 and 34572).
Christopher G. Nicholson, for appellant (Case No. 34572).
George T. Talley, for appellant (Case No. 34658).
Jerry D. Bouchillon, for appellant (Case No. 34659).
Erwin Mitchell, J. Raymond Bates, Jr., Susan W. Bisson, for appellant (Case No. 34660).
Fred H. Walker, for appellant (Case No. 34661).
Jerry N. Neal, for appellant (Case No. 34662).
Charles D. Strickland, for appellant (Case No. 34663).
James T. Bennett, Jr., for appellant (Case No. 34665).
Joseph S. Skelton, Walter E. Leggett, Jr., for appellant (Case No. 34666).
C. George Newbern, for appellant (Case No. 34667).
Christopher G. Nicholson, for appellant (Case No. 34668).
Samuel D. Ozburn, for appellants (Case No. 34669).
Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Robert S. Stubbs, II, Executive Assistant Attorney General, Don A. Langham, First Assistant Attorney General, H. Perry Michael, Senior Assistant Attorney General, James C. Pratt, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant (Case No. 34670).
Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, H. Perry Michael, Senior Assistant Attorney General, James C. Pratt, Assistant Attorney General, Oris D. Blackburn, Jr., Nickolas P. Chilivis, Randolph Rogers, Daniel T. Strain, Jr., W. D. Ballard, Samuel D. Ozburn, William Thomas Craig, W. E. Strickland, Ronald C. Harrison, Samuel F. Maguire, Erwin Mitchell, J. Raymond Bates, Jr., Susan W. Bisson, Charles D. Strickland, C. George Newbern, George T. Talley, James T. Bennett, Jr., Jerry N. Neal, J. Thomas Minor, III, Jerry D. Bouchillon, Christopher G. Nicholson, Joseph S. Skelton, Walter E. Leggett, Jr.,Robert C. Daniel, Jr., Robert E. Ridgway, Jr., for Newton County et al.
Walter E. Sumner, Andrew W. McKenna, Mitchel P. House, Jr., Lennie F. Davis, Eugene H. Polleys, Jr., Thomas N. Austin, amici curiae.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
PER CURIAM.
These 15 lawsuits have been consolidated into a single appeal for consideration of the 1975 Local Option Sales Tax Act, Ga. L. 1975, p. 984 (Code Ann. § 92-3447a.1), the constitutionality of which is again under attack. At the request of the Georgia General Assembly, (House Res. No. 102) we have accorded expedited status to these cases of public importance. We find the Act unconstitutional in its entirety...
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