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Ashe Rafuse & Hill Lawyers Yonette Buchanan and Joshua Jewkes Represent the City of Atlanta and Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Georgia Gun Case.
On July 1, 2008, GeorgiaCarry.org and Georgia State Representative Timothy Bearden filed suit in federal court seeking a preliminary injunction and a declaration that a recently passed state law permits Georgia firearms license holders to carry loaded, concealed guns in the non-secure areas of Atlanta's airport. Citing security concerns, airport authorities and the City of Atlanta, which owns and operates the Atlanta airport, declared that the Airport would remain a gun-free zone. In a hearing on the Plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injunction on August 11, 2008, before District Court Judge Marvin H. Shoob, Ms. Buchanan elicited compelling testimony from the Assistant General Manager of the Atlanta Airport and made the closing argument on behalf of the City and the Airport. Judge Shoob ruled in favor of the Defendants and denied the motion for a preliminary injunction, finding that the Plaintiffs had proven none of the prerequisites for a preliminary injunction and had not established that they have a substantial likelihood of succeeding on the merits of their claims.
A copy of the legal Brief opposing Plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction can be found here
A copy of the transcript of Judge Shoob's ruling can be found here
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