DANIEL WEBSTER AND PEGGY WEBSTER, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-CROSS-APPELLANTS, WEBSTER GREEN THUMB COMPANY, AND OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, CROSS-APPELLANTS,
v.
FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, CROSS-APPELLEE, MIKE KENN; MICHAEL HIGHTOWER, ET AL., DEFENDANTS-CROSS-APPELLEES

11th Cir. | 2000-07-19
No. 99-12216
Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and DUBINA and HILL, Circuit Judges.
218 F.3d 1267 Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (2000) Negative Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM:

PER CURIAM: The judgment of the district court is affirmed on the basis of the opinion of the district court published at 51 F. Supp. 2d 1354 (N.D.Ga.1999). AFFIRMED. . We decline to address appellants’ challenge to the scope of the injunction. The argument was not presented to the district court; rather, it was raised for the first time on appeal.


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