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2018 Georgia Code 10-1-293 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 10-1-293 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 10-1-293

TITLE 10 COMMERCE AND TRADE

Section 1. Selling and Other Trade Practices, 10-1-1 through 10-1-915.

ARTICLE 11 BIDDING BY MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITORS

10-1-293. Blind bidding prohibited; trade screening required; notice of screening; waivers void.

  1. Blind bidding is prohibited within the state. No bids shall be returnable, no negotiations for the exhibition or licensing of a motion picture shall take place, and no license agreement or any of its terms shall be agreed to, for the exhibition of any motion picture before the motion picture has either been trade screened or before the motion picture, at the option of the distributor, otherwise has been made available for viewing within the state by all exhibitors from whom the distributor is soliciting bids or with whom the distributor is negotiating for the right to exhibit the motion picture.
  2. A distributor shall provide reasonable and uniform notice of the trade screening of any motion picture to those exhibitors within the state from whom he intends to solicit bids or with whom he intends to negotiate for the right to exhibit that motion picture.
  3. Any purported waiver of the prohibition against blind bidding in this article shall be void and unenforceable.

(Ga. L. 1979, p. 427, § 4.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Paramount Pictures Corp. v. Busbee, 250 Ga. 252, 297 S.E.2d 250 (1982).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 27A Am. Jur. 2d, Entertainment and Sports Law, § 30 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 15 C.J.S., Commerce, § 115. 30A C.J.S., Entertainment and Amusement; Sports, § 11 et seq.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 10-1-293

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Tolbert v. State, 298 Ga. 147 (Ga. 2015).

Cited 17 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Nov 23, 2015 | 780 S.E.2d 298

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Hodge, Admrx. v. Urfa-Sexton, Lp, 295 Ga. 136 (Ga. 2014).

Cited 12 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | May 5, 2014 | 758 S.E.2d 314, 2014 Fulton County D. Rep. 1250

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In re Jud. Qualifications Comm'n Formal Advisory Opinion No. 239, 300 Ga. 291 (Ga. 2016).

Cited 11 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Nov 30, 2016 | 794 S.E.2d 631

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Williams v. State, 302 Ga. 404 (Ga. 2017).

Cited 8 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 30, 2017 | 807 S.E.2d 418

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Thomas v. State, 298 Ga. 106 (Ga. 2015).

Cited 5 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Nov 16, 2015 | 779 S.E.2d 616

Evans v. The State (two Cases) (Ga. 2025).

Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Sep 30, 2025 | 779 S.E.2d 616