Court Opinion

ID: 9602227
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 01:52:34.711635+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:02:01.616482
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing.
It is contended the questions raised on this appeal are moot because of the recent ruling by the three-judge panel of the U. S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, which held that Code Ann. § 46-101 (Ga. L. 1952, p. 153), Code Ann. § 46-102 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 220), and Code § 46-402 are unconstitutional.
There is no merit in this argument because this issue was not raised below but for the first time on motion for rehearing. Moreover, here a judgment has already been obtained and we are bound by the ruling of the Georgia Supreme Court which has upheld the constitutionality of the statutes in question (North Georgia Finishing, Inc. v. Di-Chem, Inc., 231 Ga. 260 (201 SE2d 321)), and not by the ruling of the U. S. District Court. Art. VI, Sec. II, Par. VIII of the Constitution of Georgia (Code Ann. § 2-3708).