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  • Thomaston Acquisition, LLC v. Piedmont Construction Group, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-08
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan L. Garroway, Jeffrey A Zachman, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Gregory T. Wolf, (Dentons US LLP), Kansas City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Malcolm Gillis, Jr., (James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP), Macon, Duke Riley Groover, (James Bates Brannan Groover LLP), Macon, Jacquelyn Dessaure Smith, Matthew Glenn Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Christopher James Arnold, Rufus D. Sams, III, (Jones Cork & Miller, LLP), Macon, Kathryn Malone Willis, (Adams, Hemingway & Wilson, LLP), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19Q0249

    Acceptance Doctrine Can Apply As Defense Against Claim Brought By Subsequent Purchaser of Allegedly Negligently Constructed Apartment Building

  • Development Authority of Cobb County et al. v. State of Georgia et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-03
    Practice Area: Government | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | Retail | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Thomas Brown, Rebecca Allison Davis, Daniel M. McRae, (Seyfarth Shaw, LLP), Atlanta, William A. Holby, Letitia A. McDonald, Gabriel Krimm, (King & Spalding, LLP), Atlanta, Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, Larry Savage, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0378

    Local Government Agency Had Authority to Issue Revenue Bonds to Finance Land Acquisition and Retail Development

  • Brown v. Sapp

    Publication Date: 2019-07-02
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Brown, Watkinsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: W. Meeks, (Attorney at Law), Leesburg, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0106

    Court Affirms in Part and Reverses in Part Cross-Appeal of Trial Court Orders That Denied Summary Judgment to Opposing Claimants in Easement Dispute, Rejecting Trial Court's Conclusion that Core Dispute Was Not Resolvable at Summary Judgment

  • Dozier v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Karl David Cooke, Jr., John Allen Regan, Shelley T. Milton, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, Jason Matthew Rea, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0095

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's multiple challenges

  • Republic Title Company, LLC v. Freeport Title and Guaranty, Inc., as trustee of The New Stokes Avenue Land Trust

    Publication Date: 2019-06-28
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tynesha Walls, (Rhodes Walls Law Office, LLC), Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Clark, (Clark Caskey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. William Sams, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0274

    Court awards excess funds from tax sale and quiets title in favor of property claimant

  • Shadder et al. v. Holland

    Publication Date: 2019-06-24
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Perrotta, (Attorney at Law), Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Dunham, (Dunham Legal Group, LLC), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0444

    Court reverses summary judgment order granting a constructive trust due to questions of fact over donor's intent.

  • Spirits, Inc. v. Patel et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-12
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Damages
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly Burke, (Burke Lasseter LLC.), Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Spurlin, (Spurlin & McCorvey), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0591

    Court affirms damages award in breach of contract action

  • Bryde et al. v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2019-06-11
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Parham, Ryan Harbin, (Bloom Parham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Wright, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0600

    Court Affirms Dismissal of Appeal from Condemnation Proceedings as Untimely Where Property Owner Waited Just Over 30 Days to Give Notice of Appeal

  • Elrod v. Reliance Development Company, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-06-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Elrod, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Grodzicki, (Campbell and Brannon), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0406

    No Service by Publication Absent Record Indication That Clerk Mailed Notice, Copy of Order, and Complaint to Defendant at Last Known Address

  • Hamlett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin First, Amelia Pray, (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0141

    Evidence of Prior Similar Criminal Conduct Was Admissible at Trial Even Though Conviction Had Been Overturned