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GLINTON v. AND R, INC.

Nos. 98-8405, 98-8406 and 98-8872.

211 F.3d 586 (2000)

Ohunene O. Lawal GLINTON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AND R, INC., a Georgia Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Michael Darby, and those persons similarly situated with Mr. Darby, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Cobb Center Pawn and Jewelry Brokers, Inc., a Georgia corporation, N.Y. Diamond Corporation, etc. et al., Defendants-Appellees. Susan Walker, and all persons similarly situated with Walker, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mike Horton; Cash Express, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 2, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harlan S. Miller, III, David C. Ates, Parks, Chesin & Miller, P.C., Atlanta, GA, Gerald J. Lupa, Decatur, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Fred J. Stokes, Stokes & Associates, Duluth, GA, C. Edward Dobbs, Erika C. Birg, William J. Holley, II, Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, LLP, Stephen M. Forte, Thomas M. Barton, Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, H. Lamar Mixson, Jill A. Pryor, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Laurie Webb Daniel, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees in 98-8405.

Michael L. Wetzel, Michael L. Wetzel & Associates, P.C., Stone Mountain, GA, for Defendants-Appellees in 98-8406.

Alan William Loeffler, Amy S. Lettes, Troutman Sanders, Robert H. Putam, Jr., Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees in 98-8872.

Before HULL and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiffs who had borrowed money from Georgia pawnbrokers at interest rates of 20 or 25 percent per month brought suit against the pawnbrokers alleging the transactions were illegal and void because they violated Georgia's criminal usury statute, O.C.G.A. § 7-4-18. The pawnbrokers moved to dismiss the complaints on the ground that the transactions complied with Georgia's pawnbroker statute, O.C.G.A. § 44-12-130 et seq., and such transactions...

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