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· 11/25/1996

Bo Fancy Productions, Inc. v. Rabun County Board of Commissioners

Citations

  • 478 S.E.2d 373
  • 267 Ga. 341
  • 96 Fulton County D. Rep. 3692
  • 1996 Ga. LEXIS 937

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that zoning ordinances are to be “strictly construed in favor of the property owner and any ambiguous language therein is to be resolved in favor of the free use of property.”
  • applying United States Supreme Court’s relaxed standard of standing where statute attacked on First Amendment grounds
  • striking an act that did not provide when, or even if, the decision-maker had to respond to an application for a mass gathering permit
  • striking an act that did not provide when, or even if, the decision-maker had to respond to an application for a mass gathering permit
  • adopting federal doctrine of relaxed standing requirements in First Amendment cases, citing Freedman v. Maryland, 380 U.S. 51, 56 (85 SCt 734, 13 LE2d 649) (1965)
  • adopting a “more relaxed standard of ‘standing’ applicable to a First Amendment challenge of an allegedly overbroad statute”

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Judges: Carley

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