Court declines to revive Smyrna store's suit against New York mayor
The Georgia Supreme Court has denied a request by a Smyrna sporting goods store to revive its slander suit against New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg who accused the store at a 2006 press conference of being one of several "rogue gun dealers."
The store, Adventure Outdoors, filed a $400 million lawsuit against Bloomberg and others. A Cobb County judge dismissed the suit, and his decision was upheld last November by the Georgia Court of Appeals. This week, the state Supreme Court declined to hear the store's appeal of that ruling.
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Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. Bill has primarily covered the state’s court system, doing all he can do to keep the scales of justice on an even keel. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast.
