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ROLLESTON v. STATE OF GA.

36068, 36069.

245 Ga. 576 (1980)

266 S.E.2d 800

ROLLESTON v. STATE OF GEORGIA et al. STATE OF GEORGIA et al. v. ROLLESTON et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 8, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moreton Rolleston, Jr., for appellant (Case No. 36068).

King & Spalding, Charles H. Tisdale, Jr., Charles L. Gowen, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Patricia T. Barmeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Alston, Miller & Gaines, James S. Stokes, IV, Dickey, Whelchel, Miles & Brown, Tom Whelchel, James B. Gilbert, Jr., for appellees (Case No. 36068).

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Patricia T. Barmeyer, Assistant Attorney General, for appellants (Case No. 36069).

Moreton Rolleston, Jr., Charles L. Gowen, Charles H. Tisdale, Jr., James S. Stokes, IV, Tom Whelchel, Bennett, Gilbert, Gilbert, Whittle, Harrell & Gayner, James B. Gilbert, Jr., for appellees (Case No. 36069).

UNDERCOFLER, Chief Justice.

This case presents our first review of the Shore Assistance Act of 1979. Code Ann. § 43-3001 et seq., Ga. L. 1979, p. 1636, eff. April 25, 1979. The constitutionality of the Act and the jurisdiction it establishes are among the questions raised.

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