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STURM, RUGER & CO. v. CITY OF ATLANTA

No. A01A2521.

560 S.E.2d 525 (2002)

253 Ga. App. 713

STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. et al. v. CITY OF ATLANTA.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

February 13, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

King & Spalding, William R. Bassett, Jr., Jennifer N. Stephens, Richard A. Schneider, Rogers & Hardin, Tony G. Powers, Cofer, Beauchamp & Butler, Frank R. Seigel, Smith, Gambrell & Russell, David M. Brown, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, David J. Bailey, Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenbaum, Greenberg & Sade, Timothy A. Bumann, Dennis, Corry, Porter & Gray, R. Clay Porter, Alisa W. Terry, Drew, Eckel & Farnham, James M. Poe, Atlanta, for appellants.

Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, Nicholas C. Moraitakis, Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Sistrunk, Hezekiah Sistrunk, Jr., Greenberg & Traurig, Ernest L. Greer, Susan P. Langford, William H. McLean IV, Atlanta, for appellee.

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Atty. Gen., Alfred L. Evans, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., amici curiae.

ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

This case is before us on appeal from the trial court's denial of appellants' motion to dismiss in full the City of Atlanta's (City's) suit against 17 defendants that manufacture, distribute, sell, and promote the use of firearms. Because the State has preempted the field of gun regulation and also because this suit is barred by OCGA § 16-11-184, the trial court erred in not granting appellants...

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