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  • RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.), Inc. v. Lattimore

    Publication Date: 2024-11-26
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith J. Barnett, Sarah Tope Reise, Harold David Melton, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, David Erich Nahmias, Alisha Goel, (Jones Day), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew C. Evans, (Evans Law LLC), Atlanta, Madeleine Norine Simmons, (Stewart Miller Simmons), Atlanta, for appellee; Ross Warren Bergethon, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, Zachary Mullinax, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for other party; Edward Albert Bedard, Jason Alloy, Joshua Barrett Belinfante, (Robbins Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S24A0789

    Court reverses garnishment judgment against investment advisor due to lack of personal jurisdiction resulting from use of the wrong garnishment form and improper service

  • Gonzalez v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Derek Bauer, Jeffrey Ronald Baxter, Tyler D. Fabbri, (Baker & Hostetler LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Edward Epps, Tyler Marquis Gaines, (Epps Holloway Deloach & Hoipkemier LLC), Watkinsville, Barry L. Fitzpatrick, (Law Office of Lane Fitzpatrick), Danielsville, for appellee; Gene Patrick Hamilton, (America First Legal Foundation), Washington, Christopher Earnest Mills, (Spero Law LLC), Charleston, for Amicus Appellee; Karl David Cooke, Jr., (Gautreaux Law LLC), Macon, Jonathan Lang Adams, (Towaliga Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Forsyth, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia), Morrow, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S24A0617

    Court affirms applicability of Open Records Act (ORA) to District Attorneys and denies immunity claims from DA who sought to dismiss an ORA enforcement action

  • Georgia Department of Public Safety v. Justice

    Publication Date: 2024-11-21
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ross Warren Bergethon, Katherine Powers Stoff, Bryan Keith Webb, Courtney C. Poole, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Francis Peil, (Huggins Peil, LLC), Evans, McCracken Poston, (Law Offices of McCracken Poston), Ringgold, John Joseph Czura, (John J. Czura PC), Evans, John P. Batson, (The Law Office of John P. Batson), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23G1170

    Court affirms that sovereign immunity was not waived in state trooper's breach-of-contract claims, but vacates a conclusion that Fair Labor Standards Act were part of an employment contract

  • Robbins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Lee Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Grace Guthrie Griffith, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Aletha Claire Farley, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, Emily Catherine Puhala, Gabriel Adam Justus, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0512

    Court affirms conviction for malice murder over defendant's contention of improper exclusion of certain evidence and claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Rosenbaum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Sarah Jane Thomas, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Samuel Richard d’Entremont, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0448

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and related crimes in the death of the defendant's foster child, rejecting her contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel and conflict of interest

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  • Gallegos-Munoz v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, John Williams, Clifford Louis Kurlander, John Stuart Melvin, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24G0214

    Court vacates child molestation conviction and remands case for application of correct current standard to assess admissibility of victim's alleged false accusation against a third party

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Van Thomas, II, (Andrew V. Thomas II, PC), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, Ian Louis Sansot, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Douglas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0647

    Court affirms convictions in a double murder case and rejects claims of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • McCabe v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leigh Ann Webster, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Sheila Ann Ross, (Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia), Morrow, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0293

    Court affirms felony murder convictions despite defendants' claims of insufficient evidence, juror misconduct, trial court error, and claims of ineffective assistance

  • Worth County School District v. Tibbetts

    Publication Date: 2024-06-27
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grant E. McBride, Matthew Chase Collum, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White LLC), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles E. Cox, Jr., (Charles E. Cox, Jr., LLC), Macon, for appellee; Phillip L. Hartley, Stephen Duane Pereira, (Pereira, Kirby, Kinsinger & Nguyen, LLP), Lawrenceville, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23G0791

    Court reverses appellate court opinion and concludes that a former teacher's breach of contract action was barred by sovereign immunity because a valid contract had not been formed

  • Sconyers v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Bobby Lee Christine, Kevin Richard Majeska, (Columbia Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0139

    Court affirms convictions in child murder case over defendant's challenges to evidence, jury instructions, and witness impeachment