Today, May 5, 2014, Federal District Judge Julie Carnes dismissed Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition’s lawsuit against Governor Nathan Deal and Attorney General Sam Olens, seeking to have Georgia’s so-called “Stand Your Ground” law declared unconstitutional. GCO had moved to intervene in the case and had filed two motions to dismiss the case. The plaintiffs failed…
Federal District Judge Thomas Thrash granted GCO’s motion to intervene in the Rev. Markel Hutchins’ ill-conceived lawsuit against Georgia’s “Stand Your Ground” law on Friday, September 28, 2012. Judge Thrash also granted GCO’s second motion to dismiss the case on account of Rev. Hutchins’ failure to obtain service or process on either defendant, Attorney General…
GCO has filed a second motion to dismiss the Rev. Markel Hutchins’ attack on Georgia’s so-called “Stand Your Ground” law. In the federal lawsuit, Hutchins claims to be acting on behalf of all Georgians when he asks the court to rule Georgia’s law unconstitutional. GCO’s most recent motion points out to the court that Hutchins…
John Monroe was interviewed on the motion to dismiss the baseless lawsuit against Georgia’s Stand Your Ground law and debated Plaintiff’s council Robert Patillo on Channel 11’s 11Alive News at 7:00 PM on Monday April 23rd. The 11Alive video of the interview can be seen on 11Alive’s website here.
GCO has filed a motion to dismiss the case filed by Rev. Markel Hutchins to have Georgia’s so-called “stand your ground” law ruled unconstitutional. Yesterday, GCO moved to intervene as a party in the case, to represent the interests of its members. Today’s latest motion seeks to have the case dismissed on the grounds that…
GCO has filed a motion to intervene in Rev. Markel Hutchins’ lawsuit against state officials challenging the constitutionality of the so-called “stand your ground” law in Georgia. GCO seeks to represent the interests of its members, who are not adequately represented by the existing parties in the case. The brief in support of the motion…
GCO Files Motions to Intervene and Dismiss the Rainbow Push Coalition Attack On Stand Your Ground
GCO has filed motions to intervene in, and to dismiss, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s lawsuit aimed at repealing what it calls Georgia’s “stand your ground” law. GCO seeks to represent the interests of its members, who are not adequately represented by the existing parties in the case. This is a new attack on the law…
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