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  • Davis, Jr., Mayor of Augusta v. The Augusta Press

    Publication Date: 2023-07-06
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Tarver, (Enoch Tarver PC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0336

    Court reverses denial of a motion to dismiss an Open Records Act Case and remands because respondent was not notified that the trial court's order was a final judgment

  • Knox et al. v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2023-06-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Education Law | Government
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Crane Canfield, Brian Charles Lea, Sharnell S. Simon, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Amanda K. Rice, (Jones Day), Detroit, for appellant.
    for defendant: Annette M. Cowart, Russell David Willard, Christopher M. Carr, Bryan Keith Webb, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Sarah Brewerton-Palmer, Michael Adam Caplan, (Caplan Cobb LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23A0167

    Trial Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Adjudicate Challenge to Statute Permitting Firearm Possession on College Campuses

  • Franklin County v. Wasserman

    Publication Date: 2023-06-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law | Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Buckley, Eric O’brien, (Buckley Christopher, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Butler, (Attorney at Law), Dahlonega, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0614

    Property Owner Lacked Standing to Bring Third-arty Racial Discrimination Claim on Behalf of Prospective Buyer

  • The Augusta Press, Inc. v. Roundtree

    Publication Date: 2023-06-12
    Practice Area: Government | Public Records
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randolph Frails, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, Tameka Haynes, (Frails & Wilson), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0552

    Sheriff Deputy's Incident-Response Body-Cam Footage Not Subject to Disclosure Under Georgia's Open Records Act

  • Favorito et al. v. Wan et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-07
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Harding, (Attorney at Law), Griffin, Paul Kunst, (Paul C. Kunst PC), Barnesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amanda Clark Palmer, Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC), Atlanta, for appellee; Robert Cheeley, (Cheeley Law Group LLC), Alpharetta, Preston Haliburton, (Haliburton Law Firm), Atlanta, Charles Joyner, (C. David Joyner, P.C.), Buford, Dominique Martinez, David Lowman, Cheryl Ringer, Steven Rosenberg, Kaye Burwell Francesca Black, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, Charlene McGowan, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Gabrielle Holland, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, William Charles Bundren, (Bundren Law Group, PLLC), Frisco, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0939

    Remand to Trial Court Necessary to Determine Plaintiffs' Standing to Sue County on Claims of Unlawful Dilution of Election Votes

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  • Thomas et al. v. Henry County Water Authority et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimelyn Minnifield, (Attorney at Law), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sun Choy, Wesley Jackson, (Freeman Mathis Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0362

    Court reverses dismissal of car accident lawsuit against a Water Authority and its employee, concluding that plaintiff did not need to serve an ante litem notice on them

  • Perdue et al. v. Barron et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-17
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Cheeley, (Cheeley Law Group LLC), Alpharetta, Gabrielle Holland, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, William Charles Bundren, (Bundren Law Group, PLLC), Frisco, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Joyner, (C. David Joyner, P.C.), Buford, Cheryl Ringer, Mathew Plott, (Fulton County - Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta, Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1528

    Court affirms dismissal of a petition for declaratory and injunctive relief that addressed matters involving the November 2020 general election

  • The State et al. v. SASS Group, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law | Government
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Tina Michelle Piper, Cristina Maria Correia, Christopher M. Carr, Ross Warren Bergethon, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Daniel Church, (The Church Law Firm, LLC), Roswell, Page Anthony Pate, (Pate, Johnson & Church, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Andrew (Andy) J. Welch, III, Warren Michael Tillery, Brandon Filson Palmer, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), McDonough, John Elwin Stell, Jr., (Smith, , Welch, Webb & White, LLC), Winder, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S22A1243

    Suit For Declaratory Relief Naming Both State and County District Attorney as Defendants Was Barred by Sovereign Immunity

  • Bray et al. v. Watkins

    Publication Date: 2023-04-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Hendrix, Warren Lietz, (Finch McCranie), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Waymire, Terry Williams, (Attorney at Law), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1469

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of a sheriff who failed to activate a tornada warning system, finding that the public duty doctrine barred the plaintiff's claims

  • Gwinnett County et al. v. Netflix, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-12
    Practice Area: Communications and Media
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Peterson, Timothy Rigsbee, Robert Ashe, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Steven Berezney, Garrett Broshuis, (Korein Tillery, LLC), St. Louis, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael French, (Wargo, French & Singer LLP), Atlanta, Rachel Gage, Richard Robbins, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, Jean Pawlow, MARY Alexander, Robert Collins, Joseph Thomas, Peter Davis, (Latham & Watkins, LLP), Chicago, Gregory Garre, (Latham & Watkins, LLP), Washington, Stephen LaBriola, Ethan Knott, (Fellows LaBriola LLP), Atlanta, Victor Jih, Russell Kostelak, Eric Kohan, Kelly Yin, (Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati), Los Angeles, Michael French, (Wargo, French & Singer LLP), Atlanta, J. Walker, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, John Jett, Ava Conger, Kevin Sears, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP), Atlanta, Elba Smith, Ava Conger, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP), Dallas, Pantelis Michalopoulos, (Steptoe & Johnson, LLP), Washington, William Holley, Scott Zweigel, John Elliott, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Friedman, Pantelis Michalopoulos, (Steptoe & Johnson, LLP), Washington, Jared Butcher, (Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP), Washington, for appellee; Holly Pierson, (Pierson Law LLC), Atlanta, Judson Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin P.C., Brunswick, for AM.
    Case Number: A22A1172

    Court affirms dismissal of a County's complaint against streaming services for payment of franchise fees under the Consumer Choice for Television Act