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  • Agnes Scott College v. Hartley

    Publication Date: 2013-04-17
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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

  • Surles v. Cornell Corrections of Cal. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-03-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A07A1677

    The evidence showed that the individual defendants knew that the plaintiff planned to deposit over $12M into an escrow account that would ' "basically be dormant for a period of 8 to 12

  • Rabun County v. Mountain Creeks Estates LLC

    Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald A. Cronin Jr. O'Quinn & Cronin, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael H. Cummings II Cummings & Dillard, Clayton, T. Michael Tennant, A. McCampbell Gibson and Christina H. Eikhoff Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S06A0042; S06A0043

    The county was entitled to immunity with regard to a subdivision's claim for damages arising out of the county's refusal to accept ownership of the subdivision's roads, because the subdivision did n

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    Section 337 Investigations: Unfair Trade Practice Litigation Before the ITC

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  • Folsom v. City of Jasper

    Publication Date: 2005-05-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven K. Leibel and Guy H. Weiss Casey Gilson Leibel PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Will H. Pickett Jr. Pickett, Pickett & Pickett PC, Jasper, for appellees.
    Case Number: S05A0021

    The city of Jasper's Alcoholic Beverages Ordinance contains a blanket prohibition against truthful, non-misleading speech about a lawful product in violation of the First Amen

  • Fortner v. Town of Register

    Publication Date: 2004-10-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark F. Dehler, Michael E. Perez Mark F. Dehler LLC, Decatur, Wilson R. Smith and Robert L. Jenkins Smith & Jenkins PC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . G. Mason White, James D. Kreyenbuhl Brennan, Harris & Rominger, Savannah, Matthew D. Williams and Robert S. McEvoy Casey, Gilson, Leibel PC, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellant: John M. Hyatt Hyatt & Hyatt PC, and A. Thomas Stubbs, Decatur. Amicus appellee: J. Steven Stewart and F. Kennedy Hall Hall, Bloch, Garland & Meyer, Macon. Other party representation: R. Krannert Riddle Callaway, Braun, Riddle & Hughes PC, Savannah, in S03G1782.
    Case Number: S03G1782; S03G1788

    The defendants were not entitled to summary judgment in an action for failure to maintain a railroad right-of-way because the Georgia Code of Public Transportation did not pre-empt a common law duty

  • Gay v. Georgia Dept. of Corrections

    Publication Date: 2004-10-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: E. Wycliffe Orr Sr. Orr & Orr, Gainesville, and Ralph S. Goldberg, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, and Bryan F. Dorsey, Marietta, for appellees. Other party representation: Carrie L. Christie and Laura V. Benesh Rutherford & Christie LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A04A0749

    Plaintiff's failure to comply with the ante litem notice requirement under O.C.G.A. § 50-21-21 was fatal to his injury claim against the Stone Mountain Memorial Associ

  • Quarterman v. Douglas County Bd. of Comm'rs

    Publication Date: 2004-09-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Quarterman, Douglasville, proceeded pro se. Joseph H. Fowler Hartley, Rowe & Fowler and Julie K. Livingston, Douglasville, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04A1339

    The pro se appellant could not collaterally attack the final judgment in a revenue bond validation proce

  • Hicks v. Florida State Bd. of Admin.

    Publication Date: 2004-02-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Warren R. Calvert, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Deputy Attorney General, and Michele M. Young, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jackie L. Volk Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A0562

    An out-of-state public board and its for-profit foreign corporation were not exempt from paying Georgia's real estate transfer fax under O.C.G.A. § 48-6-2 a 3, following the purchase of a $114.8 mil