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  • Atlanta Humane Society v. Harkins

    Publication Date: 2004-10-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward L. Greenblatt, James V. Zito and Janet L. Bozeman Lipshutz, Greenblatt & King, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Hollie G. Manheimer Stuckey & Manheimer, Decatur, Alan I Begner, Katie K. Wood Begner & Begner PC and Gerald R. Weber, Atlanta, for Harkins & Mills. Amicus Appellant: George L. Howell Howell & Assocs. LLC, Atlanta, Gary M. Newberry, Savannah, William A. Mudd Saddler Sullivan PC, Birmingham, Ala., and James Stark, Englewood, Colo. Amicus Appellee: Douglas P. Haines, Athens, Justine I. Thompson, Craig L. Goodmark, Atlanta, Mary M. Oliver Joyner & Burnette PC, Decatur, and Dion A. Sullivan, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: S04G0613; S04G0684, S04G0685

    The fourth sentence of the anti-SLAPP statute, O.C.G.A. § 9-11-11.1 b, allows a trial court to dismiss the claim if the trial court makes a substantive, evidentiary determination that the claim is

  • Withrow v. Withrow

    Publication Date: 2004-10-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth J. Rajotte, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jennifer McLeod, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04F1469

    The right to effective assistance of counsel does not extend to parties in a divorce case, so counsel's failure to inform the husband of the correct date was not grounds for a new

  • Georgia Dept. of Transp. v. Meadow Trace Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. David Syfan and Thomas L. Fitzgerald Hulsey, Oliver & Mahar LLP, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Armstrong III Stewart, Melvin & Frost LLP, Gainesville, T. Michael Tennant Alston & Bird LLP, Tim Carssow and Ian Landgreen Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S04A1162

    The Court of Appeals has jurisdi over the DOT's appeal regarding how much highway access a landowner's deed conveyed in a condemnation a

  • Quarterman v. Douglas County Bd. of Comm'rs

    Publication Date: 2004-09-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Quarterman, Douglasville, proceeded pro se. Joseph H. Fowler Hartley, Rowe & Fowler and Julie K. Livingston, Douglasville, for appellees.
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    Case Number: S04A1339

    The pro se appellant could not collaterally attack the final judgment in a revenue bond validation proce

  • Mead v. Sheffield

    Publication Date: 2004-09-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marc B. Hershovitz, Atlanta, and Charles W. Byrd, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fred D. Bentley Jr. Bentley, Bentley & Bentley, Nancy I Jordon, Marietta, Michael C. Russ, John S. Darden King & Spalding, John D. Sours, Andrea L. May Wasson, Sours & Harris PC, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Stefan E. Ritter, Assistant Attorneys General, Lee T. Wallace, Atlanta, W. Ashley Hawkins, Forsyth, and Thomas C. Rawlings, Sandersville, for appellees.
    Case Number: S04A1982

    The dispositive issue in a contested statewide election was the illegality of the total number of absentee ballots returned, not the limited number of ballots containing votes in the contested

  • Watkins, Executor v. Hartwell R.R. Co.

    Publication Date: 2004-06-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Patrick Milford Milford & Milford, Lawrenceville, and Charles R. Strickland, Lavonia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allan R. Ramsey McClure, Ramsay, Dickerson & Escoe LLP, Toccoa, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A0781

    The trial court erred in denying the defendant's request for a jury trial where the parties presented conflicting evidence as to whether the plaintiff had actual or constructive possession of the d

  • Silvers v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-06-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ramon J. Fajardo, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Hartwell, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Raina Nadler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A0800

    Defendant could not show prejudice from his counsel's decision to waive his presence at the Jackson-Denno hearing since the hearing did not result in the admission of any harmful evidence at

  • Hames v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-06-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Millsaps, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Raina Nadler, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A0489

    The defendant shot and killed his brother after mistaking him for a crouching a

  • Hipps v. Hipps

    Publication Date: 2004-06-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew R. Hall Clarke, Moore & Hall LLP, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas M. Rego, Tallapoosa, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04F0842

    The trial court had authority under applicable federal law to order the husband to name his wife as the beneficiary of any survivor's benefits available as a result of his pre-marital military se

  • Frantz v. Piccadilly Place Condominium Assoc.

    Publication Date: 2004-06-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Frantz, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew W. Carlton and Steven M. Winter Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A0966

    The trial court did not err in failing to find that there was an accord and satisfaction based on a condominium association's acceptance of a check marked "settlement in full" since the condominium