Publication Date: 2014-03-06
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John J. Dalton, James A. Lamberth, Alan W. Bakowski Troutman Sanders LLP, Lynette E. Smith Chick-fil-A Inc., Sidney L. Moore III, and Katie L. Balthrop Summerville Moore PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . H. Lamar Mixson, Timothy S. Rigsbee, and Lisa R. Strauss Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Ean K. Cullefer Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta. Amicus Curiae: Robert B. Remar Rogers & Hardin LLP, John K. Larkins III Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever LLP, James W. Cobb Caplan Cobb LLP, Atlanta, and Paul W. Painter Jr. Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams LLP, Savannah.
Case Number: S13G1162
The Court of Appeals failed to give due deference to the trial court's discretion to require or excuse an accounting of the corporate family entities held within irrevocable t