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  • Peterson v. Vie

    Publication Date: 2025-01-06
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S24A1353

    Court dismisses election challenge due to petitioner's procedural delays

  • Scott v. The State

    Publication Date: 2025-01-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S24A1125

    Court affirms murder conviction, rejecting defendant's contention of insufficient circumstantial evidence to support a finding of guilt

  • Williams et al. v. Powell et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-13
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David N. Dreyer, Quinton G. Washington, Deana Holiday Ingraham, (Washington Dreyer & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, Gerald Richard Weber, Jr., (Law Offices of Gerald Weber, LLC), Atlanta, Ebony Jervonnè Brown, Megan Toomer, (Southern Center for Human Rights), Atlanta, Zack Greenamyre, (Mitchell & Shapiro LLP), Atlanta, , for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Ross Warren Bergethon, Deborah Nolan Gore, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, Zachary Mullinax, Justin Thomas Golart, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0591

    Court constitutionality of statute that places restrictions on disruptive conduct in legislative spaces

  • RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.), Inc. v. Lattimore

    Publication Date: 2024-11-26
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith J. Barnett, Sarah Tope Reise, Harold David Melton, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, David Erich Nahmias, Alisha Goel, (Jones Day), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew C. Evans, (Evans Law LLC), Atlanta, Madeleine Norine Simmons, (Stewart Miller Simmons), Atlanta, for appellee; Ross Warren Bergethon, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, Zachary Mullinax, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for other party; Edward Albert Bedard, Jason Alloy, Joshua Barrett Belinfante, (Robbins Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S24A0789

    Court reverses garnishment judgment against investment advisor due to lack of personal jurisdiction resulting from use of the wrong garnishment form and improper service

  • Gonzalez v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Derek Bauer, Jeffrey Ronald Baxter, Tyler D. Fabbri, (Baker & Hostetler LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Edward Epps, Tyler Marquis Gaines, (Epps Holloway Deloach & Hoipkemier LLC), Watkinsville, Barry L. Fitzpatrick, (Law Office of Lane Fitzpatrick), Danielsville, for appellee; Gene Patrick Hamilton, (America First Legal Foundation), Washington, Christopher Earnest Mills, (Spero Law LLC), Charleston, for Amicus Appellee; Karl David Cooke, Jr., (Gautreaux Law LLC), Macon, Jonathan Lang Adams, (Towaliga Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Forsyth, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia), Morrow, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S24A0617

    Court affirms applicability of Open Records Act (ORA) to District Attorneys and denies immunity claims from DA who sought to dismiss an ORA enforcement action

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  • Georgia Department of Public Safety v. Justice

    Publication Date: 2024-11-21
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ross Warren Bergethon, Katherine Powers Stoff, Bryan Keith Webb, Courtney C. Poole, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Francis Peil, (Huggins Peil, LLC), Evans, McCracken Poston, (Law Offices of McCracken Poston), Ringgold, John Joseph Czura, (John J. Czura PC), Evans, John P. Batson, (The Law Office of John P. Batson), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23G1170

    Court affirms that sovereign immunity was not waived in state trooper's breach-of-contract claims, but vacates a conclusion that Fair Labor Standards Act were part of an employment contract

  • Robbins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Lee Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Grace Guthrie Griffith, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Aletha Claire Farley, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, Emily Catherine Puhala, Gabriel Adam Justus, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0512

    Court affirms conviction for malice murder over defendant's contention of improper exclusion of certain evidence and claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Rosenbaum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Sarah Jane Thomas, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Samuel Richard d’Entremont, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0448

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and related crimes in the death of the defendant's foster child, rejecting her contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel and conflict of interest

  • Gallegos-Munoz v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, John Williams, Clifford Louis Kurlander, John Stuart Melvin, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24G0214

    Court vacates child molestation conviction and remands case for application of correct current standard to assess admissibility of victim's alleged false accusation against a third party

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Van Thomas, II, (Andrew V. Thomas II, PC), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, Ian Louis Sansot, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Douglas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0647

    Court affirms convictions in a double murder case and rejects claims of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel