GCO has filed a motion for summary judgment in its church carry case against the State of Georgia. GCO filed the case in the Superior Court of Upson County, but the defendants removed the case to federal district court in Macon. The judge in the case, Chief Judge C. Ashley Royal, has indicated he intends…
Do guns belong in a place of worship?
The County of Upson has filed a motion to dismiss GCO’s lawsuit challenging the state ban on carrying weapons in places of worship. The motion, and other documents in the case may be viewed here.
By Rhonda Cook – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Macon — A federal judge on Monday declined to block enforcement of a new Georgia law that bans guns in places of worship, but he also rejected a request to dismiss the suit brought last month by a group seeking to make the state less restrictive on guns.…
The State of Georgia and Upson County have removed GCO’s church carry ban challenge to federal court. The case, originally filed by GCO in the Superior Court of Upson County, Georgia, now will be heard in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. The lawsuit seeks to have Georgia’s ban on carrying…
GCO and GCO member Regis Goyke have filed a brief in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in their federal lawsuit seeking to overturn Georgia’s ban on issuing GFLs to non-residents. The case was dismissed by Senior U.S. District Judge Clarence Cooper on the grounds that GCO and Goyke did not have standing to bring…
GCO and member Regis Goyke have filed an appeal of the dismissal of their case by Atlanta federal judge Clarence Cooper. The case challenges Georgia’s law prohibiting non-residents from receiving GFLs. The notice of appeal and other documents may be viewed here.
Hearing Set for 8/23 in Church Carry Case
GCO has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit seeking to have Georgia’s ban on carrying certain firearms in places of worship ruled unconstitutional. The motion will be heard Monday, August 23, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. before U.S. District Judge C. Ashley Royal at the federal courthouse in Macon. The hearing is…
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