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PENDLETON v. CITY OF ATLANTA

30674.

236 Ga. 479 (1976)

224 S.E.2d 357

PENDLETON et al. v. CITY OF ATLANTA et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 11, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank E. Blankenship, for appellants.

Hinson McAuliffe, Solicitor, Frank A. Bowers, Assistant Solicitor, Henry L. Bowden, Charles M. Lokey, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, B. Dean Grindle, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellees.

JORDAN, Justice.

These twenty appellants were arrested by Atlanta police at various private gatherings and American Legion Posts in the Atlanta area, and charged with unlawfully establishing and promoting a lottery, in this case bingo, in violation of Code Ann. § 26-2703 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249; 1970, pp. 236, 238). Pending trial, appellants filed a petition in Superior Court of Fulton County against the City of Atlanta and others seeking declaratory relief as...

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