Judge blocks law that created loophole for Possum Drop

Superior Court Judge Bryan Collins granted a preliminary injunction against a law the General Assembly passed in June that created a regulatory loophole for the Clay County business that holds the Possum Drop.
Posted 12/5/2014, 6:34:51 PM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:50:34 PM

PUBLISHED ALL GREEK LIFE WAS

SUSPENDED ON CAMPUS UNTIL NEXT

SEMESTER.

>>> THE LONG LEGAL BATTLE OVER

ONE TOWN'S NEW YEAR'S EVENT

CONTINUED, LOWERING A LIVE

POSSUM IN A PLEXIGLAS BOX,

ORGANIZERS SAY THE POSSUM ISN'T

HARMED BUT ANIMAL RIGHTS LAWYERS

SAY IT'S CRUEL AND INHUMANE,

LAWMAKERS VOTED EARLIER THIS

YEAR TO SUSPEND ALL LEGAL

PROTECTIONS FOR POSSUMS IN CLAY

COUNT DURING THE WEEK OF NEW

YEAR'S, THE EVENT IS A BIG

ECONOMIC EVENT FOR BRASSTOWN.