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  • Jones v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2024-12-13
    Practice Area: Public Utilities | Tax
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Hurt, Jr., (Hurt Stolz, PC), Watkinsville, Irwin W. Stolz, Jr., (Hurt Stolz, PC), Athens, John Floyd Woodham, (Woodham Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joel Aldrich Jothan Callins, (City of Atlanta Law Department), Atlanta, Michael James King, Richard Joseph Valladares, Steven Jason Rosenwasser, Ernest Lamont Greer, (Greenberg Traurig, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0652

    Court affirms in part and reverses in part a challenge to certain ordinances connected to water bills to Atlanta residents, and remands for further analysis of atlanta utility fees

  • Miller v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Christopher M. Carr, Faith Donnell Worley, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Clifford Louis Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0725

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and aggravated assault over defendant's challenges to admission of prior acts evidence

  • 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

  • Georgia Association of Club Executives, Inc. v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2024-12-13
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary Stuart Freed, Thomas Christopher Grant, Daniel Yijie Wang, (Freed Grant LLC), Atlanta, John Thomas Morgan, III, (Law Offices of Tom Morgan), Decatur, Alexander Volokh, (Emory University School of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ross Warren Bergethon, Ronald Joseph Stay, Jr., Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0726

    Court affirms constitutionality of statute that imposes assessments on adult entertainment establishments

  • Whitaker Farms, LLC v. Fitzgerald Fruit Farms, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-12-12
    Practice Area: Damages | Evidence
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank Mitchell Lowrey, Edwin Allen Page, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, John A. Christy, Jonathan Andrew Akins, (Schreeder Wheeler & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Max Paul Marks, Aaron Karl Block, (The Block Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23G1162

    Court vacates and remands affirmation of a punitive damages award in a commercial lease dispute for assessment of admissibility of settlement statements on a punitive damages claim

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  • Wohlers v. Wohlers

    Publication Date: 2024-12-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Delia Crouch, (Attorney at Law), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Webster, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Tyler Moffitt, (Moffitt Law, LLC), Lagrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0841

    Court affirms award of embryos to former wife in a divorce case, finding no abuse of discretion by trial court

  • Capote v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon A. Bullard, Audra Murphey, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Bruce Steven Harvey, (Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, John Williams, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant; Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S23G1127

    Court affirms Georgia's deferential "any evidence" standard for trial court findings in criminal appeals

  • Sobh Auto, LLC et al. v. Raneka Green

    Publication Date: 2024-12-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contracts
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Lewis, (Lewis & Murphy, LLP), Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: T. Flinn, (Saag), Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0858

    Court affirms default judgment in a breach of contract action in a used car sale dispute, allowing correction of misnomer in stating the correct name of the defendant in the lawsuit

  • Trejo v. Ken Corbett Farms, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-12-11
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Personal Injury
    Industry: Agriculture
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Saleem Dennis, (Sam D. Dennis, P.C.), Valdosta, Carl Varnedoe, (Carl R Varnedoe, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Nelson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, for appellee; Christopher Freeman, (Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A.), Atlanta, Scot Pool, (Forbes, Foster & Pool), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0709

    Court affirms summary judgment order that business interdependency alone does not establish joint venture for purposes of shared liability in a personal injury case

  • Regional Finance Company of Georgia, LLC v. Pearson

    Publication Date: 2024-12-11
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dylan Howard, (Baker, Donselson, Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alexander Covey, (Kneupper & Covey, P.C.), Berkeley Lake, Jarrett Faber, (Kneupper & Covey, P.C.), Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0787

    Court reverses denial of lender's summary judgment motion on a negligence claim but affirms denial as to GFBPA claims in an unsolicited check fraud case