Katheryn Hayes Tucker

July 21, 2017 | Daily Report Online

President Donald Trump announced his choices late Friday for two new United States attorneys in Georgia—Byung J. "BJay" Pak as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia and Charles Peeler for the same job in the Middle District of Georgia.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

July 21, 2017 | Daily Report Online

A Florida police officer who alleges he lost his job because he supported the mayor's political rival is entitled to sue over violation of his First Amendment rights, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has ruled, reversing the lower court's decision.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

July 19, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Marvelay of Kennesaw, operating under the names "Spot Reservation" and "Rushcube," stands accused of selling services it doesn't actually provide, then either booking them with third parties, or failing to show up at all—leaving birthday parties, anniversary celebrations and marriage proposals without their main event.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

July 18, 2017 | Daily Report Online

A Savannah jury returned a verdict of $11.2 million late Monday after a six-day trial stemming from a fatal train accident on the set of "Midnight Rider"—of which CSX Railroad is required to pay $3.9 million, according to the jury's apportionment, though it has promised to appeal.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

July 17, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Instead of driving downtown to his chambers at the high court, the justice spent the day closer to home at the Cobb County Courthouse in Marietta. It's the new building next door to the one where he served as a Cobb County Superior Court judge before moving up to the Supreme Court.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

July 17, 2017 | Daily Report Online

President Donald Trump's pick for an opening on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia is a bow-tie wearing, college football-officiating, turkey-hunting champion, as well as an Army veteran and third-generation judge.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

7 minute read

July 17, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Court concludes man did not dishonestly answer "no" to the question of whether he had been in prison because being taken into a trailer in the middle of the jungle did not constitute being confined to a prison.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

July 14, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Here's a riddle, asked and answered by a federal appeals judge. What do plea bargains and tattoos have in common?

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

July 13, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Three new federal judge picks for Georgia come with the package of nominees President Donald Trump announced Thursday.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

July 12, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Miami prosecutors got a smack down with a federal appeals court reversal saying they didn't do their job. Judge Charles Wilson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that the state had not met its burden of proof and tossed a drug trafficking conviction, freeing a man from a 12-year prison sentence.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read