KNOX v. STATE

S23A0167.

888 S.E.2d 497 (2023)

KNOX et al. v. STATE of Georgia.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: May 31, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Crane Canfield , Jones Day, 1420 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 800, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3053, Brian Charles Lea , Sharnell S. Simon , Jones Day, 1221 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 400, Atlanta, Georgia 30361, Amanda K. Rice , Jones Day, 160 West Jefferson, Suite 2100, Detroit, Michigan 48226-4438, for Appellant.

Annette M. Cowart , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Russell David Willard , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Bryan Keith Webb Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1300, for Appellee.

Sarah Brewerton-Palmer , Michael Adam Caplan , Caplan Cobb LLC, 75 Fourteenth Street NE, Suite 2700, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Amiens Appellant.


Five University System of Georgia ("USG") professors1 filed suit to block a 2017 statutory amendment that removed public colleges and other public postsecondary educational institutions from the statutory definition of "school safety zone." Before the 2017 amendment, carrying or possessing a weapon...

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