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  • Camden County v. Sweatt, et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-01
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John S. Myers, (John S. Myers PC), Woodbine, William Bradley Carver, Sr., Russell A. Britt, Pearson Kern Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dana F. Braun, Kimberly Cofer Butler, Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for appellee; G. Joseph Scheuer, Larry Wayne Ramsey, Jr., (Association County Commissioners of Georgia), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Clare Rivka Norins, (First Amendment Clinic), Athens, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0837

    County's Electorate Had Constitutional Authority to Petition For Repeal of County Resolutions For Land Purchase

  • City of Alpharetta v. Francis et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-17
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Cowan, Dana Maine, Marrissa Dunn, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Mirabella, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Marietta, Mark Weinstein, Camesha Mitchell, (Law Offices of Mark Weinstein P.C.), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1533

    Court reverses denial of a municipality's motion to dismiss a claim where the claimant's ante litem notice included a range but not a specific damages amount

  • Williams et al. v. Harvey et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-02
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walker Chandler, Peachtree City, Clyde Royals, (Attorney at Law), Douglas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Strickland, Amanda Szokoly, (Brown Reddick Bumgartner Carter Strickland & Watkins, LLP), Brunswick, Brian Corry, (McQuigg, Smith & Corry, LLC), St. Simons Island, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1550

    Court affirms dismissal of a complaint that had sought an injunction against the removal of a Confederate monument because plaintiffs lacked standing to sue

  • Schroeder Holdings, LLC et al. v. Gwinnett County

    Publication Date: 2023-01-26
    Practice Area: Government | Land Use and Planning | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Reeves, Jaletta Smith, (Andersen Tate & Carr), Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Jenkins, Erik Pirozzi, (Jenkins, Bowen & Walker, P.C.), Cartersville, Michael Ludwiczak, Melanie Wilson, (Gwinnett County Department of Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Meredith Germain, Valerie Ross, (Turner Ross Germain, LLC), Marietta, for AM.
    Case Number: A22A1585

    County's Denial of Rezoning Request Was Not Quasi-Judicial Decision Requiring Challenge By Way of Writ of Certiorari

  • State of Georgia et al. v. Federal Defender Program, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-10
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Criminal Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julie Adams Jacobs, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Sabrina Dawn Graham, Paula Khristian Smith, Jonathan David Loegel, Brooke Heinz Chaplain, Christopher M. Carr, Logan B. Winkles, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronan Patrick Doherty, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, John H. Fleming, (Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan), Atlanta, Ann Grunewald Fort, (Eversheds Sutherland LLP), Atlanta, Michael Adam Caplan, Julia Blackburn Stone Cameron Blaine Roberts, (Caplan Cobb LLP), Atlanta, Susan Jill Benton, Monet Brewerton-Palmer, (Federal Defender Program), Atlanta, for appellee; Patrick Mulvaney, Michael Boland Admirand, Ryan Primerano, (Southern Center For Human Rights), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee; Anna Marie Arceneaux, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S22A1099

    E-Mail Exchange Between Deputy Attorney General and Capital Defense Attorneys Was Contract Sufficient to Waive Sovereign Immunity

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  • Sigmon v. Dekalb County School District

    Publication Date: 2022-12-20
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sandra Sigmon, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randall Farmer, Marietta, Jenna Rubin, (Fisher Phillips), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1311

    Court reverses dismissal of former teacher's breach of contract claim but affirms dismissal of her claim for a due process violation

  • City of Lawrenceville v. Alford

    Publication Date: 2022-12-16
    Practice Area: Government | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dana Maine, (Freeman Mathis & Gary), Atlanta, Marissa Dunn, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Stewart, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1642

    City Not Entitled to Directed Verdict on Property Owner's Nuisance Claim Relating to Storm-Water Runoff

  • Ramos v. Owens

    Publication Date: 2022-12-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harry Daniels, (Law offices of Harry M. Daniels, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Adelman, Hugh Rowling, Lauren Bruce, (Cobb County Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1409

    Court affirms dismissal of inmate's negligence complaint against a county sheriff because of failure to establish waiver of sovereign immunity

  • Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission v. New Georgia Project Action Fund et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-08
    Practice Area: Discovery | Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Elizabeth Young, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Bryan Webb, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Russell Willard, (Attorney at Law Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joyce Lewis, Adam Sparks, (Krevolin Horst, LLC), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, Bryan Sells, (Law Office of Bryan L. Sells LLC), Atlanta, Marc Elias, Aria Branch, Elisabeth Frost, Alexi Velez, (Elias Law Group LLP), Washington, for appellee; Other Parties, Adam Sparks, (Krevolin & Horst, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0748

    Court affirms denial of a motion to compel a document subpoena to two campaign entities and reverses an order modifying a subpoena to another entity

  • Brandenburg v. City of Vidalia et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Government | Wrongful Death
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn Pinckney, Brent Savage, (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Johnathan Krawcheck, Gary Toman, Anna Idelevich, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, LLC), Atlanta, Paul Threlkeld, David Mullens, (Oliver Maner, LLP), Savannah, for appellee; Tyrone Burns, Sr., Lakeland, Tyrone Burns, Jr., (Georgia Diagnostic Class Prison), Jackson for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1027

    Florida Mental Health Services Provider Not Subject to Suit in Georgia For Crimes Committed in Georgia by Florida Client