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  • Anderson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derek H. Jones, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, John A. Pursley and Amelia G. Gray, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A2501

    The officers' observations of defendant and his accomplice at a nearly finished new home at 3:30 a.m., combined with evidence of forced entry, supported a conclusion that defendant possessed certai

  • Hamilton v. Renewed Hope Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-12-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Grimes Lefkoff, Duncan, Grimes & Miller PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert J. Proctor and Bradley A. Hutchins Proctor & Chambers, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A1369

    A jury issue remained as to whether the address appearing in an outdated telephone directory and known to the management office of a foreclosed upon condominium was reasonably ascertainable under th

  • In re UPL Advisory Opinion 2003-2

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Robert E. McCormack III State Bar of Georgia, Harold T. Daniel Jr. Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, and Dennis P. Helmreich, Lexington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus appellant: Teresa W. Roseborough, Allegra L. Lawrence, Deborah M. Danzig and Dara L. Steele- Belkin Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta. Amicus appellee: Kim Holt Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, Richard H. Johnston Richard H. Johnson & Assocs., Atlanta, James M. Griffin U.S. Dep't of Justice, Alexandria, Va., and Adekunle A. Obebe, Baton Rouge, La.
    Case Number: S03U1451

    The Supreme Court approved of the advisory opinion issued in April 2003 by the Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law which provided that only a licensed Georgia attorney can prepare a

  • Revis v. Jowers

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Galen A. Mirate, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Keith H. Solomon, Douglas, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1078

    The first defendant no longer has legal interest in real property that her mother purchased at a foreclosure sale after the first defendant pledged her interest in the land as collateral for a loan

  • Shepherd Interiors v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harmon W. Caldwell Jr. and Robert S. Carlson Caldwell & Watson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason P. Wright and James Mac Hunter Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1237

    The trial court erred in refusing to grant a continuance for the condemnee to interview an undisclosed wi

  • GRECCA Inc. v. Omni Title Servs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa W. Roseborough, Allegra J. Lawrence, Deborah M. Danzig and Dara L. Steele-Belkin Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nisbet S. Kendrick III and Harry W. MacDougald Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A1030

    Only the Supreme Court of Ge has the inherent power to govern the practice of law in Ge

  • City of McCaysville v. Cardinal Robotics LLC

    Publication Date: 2003-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Douglas Stewart, William H. Blalock Jr. Stewart, Melvin & Frost, Gainesville, and Sherri L. Dillard-Doss Doss & Doss, Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee W. Shafer, Duluth, Ann M. Vaughan, Blairsville, Bryan C. Drost Little & Drost, and David E. Ralston, Blue Ridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1499

    The 4-year statute of limitation for suits alleging fraudulent inducement in the purchase of real pro barred the city's counterclaim seeking to rescind the 1994 sale of 33 acres of real pro

  • Ali v. Aarabi

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald L. Cook McGee & Oxford, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Crawford, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1586

    The plaintiff was entitled to a return of his earnest money after the sale of a shopping center fell through due to an inability to obtain fina

  • Nhan v. Wellington Square LLC

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wendell K. Willard, and G. Watson Bryant Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Scott E. Morris and Ellen W. Smith Holt, Ney, Zatcoff & Wasserman LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1197

    A real estate sales contract was enforceable where the property's location could be adequately identified through descriptive keys furnished within the written sales agre

  • In re Brantley

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Edward J. Brantley, Atlanta. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah. Jones Webb Webb, Tanner & Powell LLP, Lawrenceville.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y1864

    An attorney voluntarily surrendered his license after he failed to return funds to a mortgage company for a loan, which did not