• Avery et al. v. Paulding County Airport Authority et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Transportation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Branch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles McKnight, Alison Ballard (Taylor English Duma, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Baker (Miller & Martin PLLC), Atlanta; J. Davis, Lee Carter (Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis LLP), Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A0849

    The Court partially reversed the dismissal of three related declaratory judgment actions arising out of the efforts of a county and a county airport authority to apply for a commercial Airport Operating Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration.

  • Emanuel, et al. v. Kautz

    Publication Date: 2017-11-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Powell, Wesley Ross, Joseph Emanuel (Webb, Tanner & Powell, PC.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Phyllis Miller (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee. Zahra Karinshak (Krevolin & Horst, LLC), Atlanta; S. Tate (Akin & Tate), Cartersville, for other party.

    Case Number: A17A1284

    The trial court properly awarded appellate attorney fees to Snellville mayor after she successfully appealed the trial court's decision in her declaratory judgment action against the members of the City Council in which she sought a declaration that she had sole authority to terminate the employment of the city attorney.

  • Atwater et al. v. Tucker

    Publication Date: 2017-11-20
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Janet Scott, A. Welch (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), McDonough; Larry Mims, Ross Pittman (Attorney at Law), Tifton; Megan Pearson (Attorney at Law), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Craig Webster (Attorney at Law), Tifton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A0722

    County school officials were entitled to official immunity in teacher's suit under 42 USC § 1983 alleging that they violated her First Amendment rights by disciplining her after she posted a particular comment on a social media website and the trial court thus erred in denying their motion for judgment on the pleadings.

  • Columbus, GA Bd. of Tax Assessors v. The Med. Ctr. Hosp. Auth.

    Publication Date: 2016-08-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Palmer, Kevin Meeks Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, and Robert Lomax, Columbus, for Columbus Bd. of Tax Assessors. Jeffrey Brown Brown Adams LLC, Andrew Rothschild, and Jerome Rothschild Rothschild Rothschild PC, Columbus, for The Med. Ctr. Hosp. Auth..
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A16A0638; A16A0639

    The hospital authority's leasehold interest in a continuing care retirement facility was a public project within the scope of the Hospital Authorities Law and thus exempt from ad valorem tax

  • Georgia Dep't of Labor v. RTT Assocs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-05-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, William W. Banks Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Julie A. Jacobs, Assistant Attorney General, and Brittany H. Bolton Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher S. Anulewicz Balch Bingham LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15G1780

    Sovereign immunity barred the plaintiff's breach of contract action against a state agency, because the written contract between the parties had expired, the alleged amendment extending the contract

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  • City of Atlanta v. Mitcham

    Publication Date: 2015-02-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cathy Hampton, City Attorney, and Laura S. Burton City of Atlanta Law Dep't, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Amicus Appellant: Joseph D. McGovern Dubberly McGovern, Glennville, Richard K. Strickland, and Paul M. Scott Brown Readdick Bumgartner Carter, Brunswick. Charles H. McAleer The McAleer Law Firm PC, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S14G0619

    Sovereign immunity barred the plaintiff's negligence claims against the defendant city and its chief of police based on the failure to provide medical care while he was in cu

  • Nebo Ventures LLC v. NovaPro Risk Solutions LP

    Publication Date: 2013-12-04
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Martin McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, and Bruce Brown, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Standard Hall Booth Smith PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A1324

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the defendant on the plaintiff's fraud claim arising from the parties' contract, as issues of remained for the trier of

  • Agnes Scott College v. Hartley

    Publication Date: 2013-04-17
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Trulock Bendin Sumrall & Ladner LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Lloyd Bell Bell Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Curiae: Jenna Colvin FSB Fisher Broyles LLP and Robert Marcovitch Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial LLC, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A12A1989

    Law enforcement officers employed by private colleges and universities are entitled to official immunity, since they act on behalf of the state in investigating alleged c

  • Sherman v. Fulton County

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John F. Woodham Woodham & Associates LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cary Ichter, Patricia A. Roy, S. Renee Huskey Ichter Thomas LLC, Cheryl M. A. Ringer, Jerolyn W. Ferrari, Robert D. Ware, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Han C. Choi, Sandra Z. Zayac and Lewis C. Horne Jr. Schiff Hardin LLP, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Denise E. Whiting-Pack, George S. Zier, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, and R. O. Lerer, Attorney General's Office, Atlanta. Amicus Appellant: Robert D. Feagin, Atlanta.

    Case Number: S10A0924

    The county failed to show that the plaintiff could not introduce evidence sufficient to grant his requested relief, namely a declaration that the county's method of valuing leasehold estates violate

  • In the Interest of A. P. S.

    Publication Date: 2010-07-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barbara K. Nye and Ali-Reza P. Ghanouni, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Jay G. Wall, Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A0069

    The juvenile court lacked jurisdiction over the appellant's prosecution for possessing marijuana, since the appellant tuned 17 ' "at the first moment of the day prior to the anniversary of his birth