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  • Institute for Justice v. Reilly et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-26
    Practice Area: Information Governance and Compliance
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darrell Sutton, (Sutton Law Group, LLC), Marietta, Mark Perry, (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP), Washington, Alex Harris, Matthew Reagan, (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP), San Francisco, R. Valvo, Ryan Mulvey, (Cause of Action Institute), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wayne Allen, Shawn Story, (Office of Legislative Counsel), Atlanta, Hugh Lanier, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee. Madison Kitchens, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: A19A0076

    Court Affirms Trial Court Order Dismissing Claims Against Offices of the General Assembly Under Georgia's Open Records Act, Approving of Trial Court's Conclusion That Act Did Not Apply to Offices of the General Assembly

  • State of Georgia v. Duncan et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Bunner, Christopher Carr, Kathleen Pacious, Loretta Pinkston-Pope, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Beisswenger, David Thomson, (Beisswenger & Thomson P.A.), Athens, Jed Manton, Madeline McNeeley, (Harris Lowry Manton, LLP), Atlanta, Ashley Alfonso, Roger Harris, (Swift, Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Capobianco, Richard Bruno, (Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins LLP), Atlanta, Valerie Pinkett, (Guideone Insurance), Des Moines, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0292

    Court Affirms Order Dismissing Claims Against Foster Parents by Biological Parents of Dead Child, Approving of Trial Court's Conclusion That Sovereign Immunity Barred Claims Against Foster Family

  • The Georgia Department of Transportation v. Delor et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-22
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Kathleen Pacious, Loretta Pinkston-Pope, Andrew Brown, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Melissa Tracy, Angela Cusimano, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stuart Walker, (Martin Snow, LLP), Macon, Caroline Herrington, (Adams Jordan & Treadwell, P.C), Macon, Donald Jordan, (Adams Jordan & Treadwell, P.C), Milledgeville, Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellee. Mark Lefkow, David Root, (Carlock, Copeland & Stair, LLP), Atlanta, Lervette Blair, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, Ian Rapaport, (Law Offices of Ian Rapaport), Atlanta, Michael Loebl, James Purcell, (Fulcher Hagler LLP), Augusta, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0361

    Court Affirms in Part and Reverses in Part Various Pre-Trial Orders, Largely Approving of Trial Court's Narrowing of Issues for Resolution at Trial

  • Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia v. One Sixty Over Ninety, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-08-20
    Practice Area: Trade Secrets
    Industry: State and Local Government | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Banks, Christopher Carr, Keilani Parker, Mary Volkert, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Edward Tolley, (Attorney At Law), Athens, Devin Smith, (Cook & Tolley LLP), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Austin Hemmer, Jeffrey Willis, (Rogers & Hardin, LLP), Macon, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0006

    Court Affirms Trial Court's Order Denying Sovereign Immunity to University of Georgia for Alleged Violations of the Georgia Trade Secrets Act

  • Central Georgia Electric Membership Corporation v. Georgia Public Service Commission et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-14
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Orr, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Walsh, (Department of Law, State of Georgia), Atlanta, Jeffrey Stump, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee. Hugh Hunter, (Hunter & Hunter Attorneys at Law PC), Sylvania, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0558

    Court Affirms Georgia Public Service Commission's Award of Right to Provide Electricity for New School Gymnasium to Legacy Provider, Accepting Commission's Characterization of Gymnasium Construction as Expansion of Existing Structure for Application of Grandfathering Provision in Georgia Territorial Electric Service Act

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  • Patel v. Georgia Lottery Corporation

    Publication Date: 2019-08-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly Burke, Ketan Patel, (Burke Lasseter LLC.), Warner Robins, Jared Lina, James Goldstein, (Goldstein & Hayes, P.C.), Atlanta, Mark Spix, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Bernadett Rosszer, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0031

    In breach of contract action over denial of lottery winnings, court affirms transfer of case and reverses denial of interest for lottery claimant.

  • City of Dublin School District v. MMT Holdings, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Tax
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Phillip Hartley, (Attorney at Law), Gainesville, Hieu Nguyen, (Harben, Hartley & Hawkins, LLP), Gainesville, Charles Warnock, (Warnock & Mackey, LLC), Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jerry Lumley, (Lumley and Harper, LLC.), Macon, for appellee. Joshua Powell, (Oconee Circuit District Attorney's Office), Eastman, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0619

    School District Lacked Standing to Appeal From Trial Court's Non-Final Ruling Denying Disbursal of Tax Collection Proceeds

  • Ray v. Fulton County et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-07
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Golomb, (Gomez & Golomb LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michelle Arrington, (Fulton County Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0776

    Court Reverses Trial Court Order Granting Motion to Dismiss by Police Department Personnel Who Lied About Dismissal of Former Officer, Who Then Shot and Paralyzed Man While Working as Security Guard

  • Ware County Board of Education et al. v. Taft

    Publication Date: 2019-08-06
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Goss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan Levy, (Levy Sibley Foreman & Speir, LLC), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Hackel, (Attorney at Law), Waycross, for appellee. Lauren Julian Loeb, (State Board of Workers' Compensation), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0617

    Court Affirms Award of Workers' Compensation That Included Portion Based on Wages Earned and Deferred During Period Preceding Injury, Rejecting Employer's Contention That Benefits Should Be Calculated Based Only on Actual Cash Received

  • City of College Park v. Clayton County et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Tax
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Winston A. Denmark, Steven Martin Fincher, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Jonesboro, Eugene Paden Smith, Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry McKenzie Dingle, Kyler Lee Wise, (Wilson, Brock & Irby, LLC), Atlanta, Richard A. Carothers, Amy Bryant Cowan, Michael E. Hobbs, General Counsel, Thomas Monroe Mitchell, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Kathryn Elizabeth Baird, (Evert Weathresby Houff), Atlanta, Neal Jerome Quirk, (Quirk & Quirk, LLC), Atlanta, Rusi Chandrashkhar Patel, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc), Atlanta, for appellee. Rusi Chandrashkhar Patel, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S19A0460

    Government Immunity Did Not Bar City's Suit Against County In Tax Revenue Dispute