• Ferdinand v. Fulton County

    Publication Date: 2021-03-22
    Practice Area: Legislation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ken Jarrard, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dominique Martinez, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, Patrise Perkins-Hooker, (Fulton County Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1548

    Court affirms denial of a declaratory judgment petition to give the county tax commissioner unilateral control over compensation of unclassified employees

  • Catoosa County, Georgia, et al. v. Rome News Media

    Publication Date: 2019-04-10
    Practice Area: Legislation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifton Patty, (Attorney at Law), Ringgold, Christopher Young, Christopher Harris, (Patty & Young, Attorneys At Law, LLC), Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ansel Beacham, (Attorney at Law), Rome, Robert Berry, (Brinson, Askew, Berry, Rich, Seigler, Richardson), Rome, David Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1701

    Court Affirms Trial Court Order Granting Permanent Injunction Against Country That Sought to Designate Newspaper Whose Operations Were Headquartered Outside of County as Official Newspaper in Contravention of Statutory Requirements

  • Fulton County v. City of Atlanta et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Legislation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kaye Woodard Burwell, Denval Anthony Stewart, Patrise M. Perkins-Hooker, Emily C. Hirst, (Office of The Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emmet J. Bondurant, David Gregory Hill Brackett, Robert Lawrence Ashe, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Brian Kemp, (Georgia State Board of Elections), Atlanta, Nina Hickson, Jeffrey Spencer Haymore, (City of Atlanta Law Department), Atlanta, Robert Sparks Highsmith, Jr., (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Joseph Daniel Young, (Joseph D. Young, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18A1156

    Court rejects County's constitutional challenge to Atlanta's property annexation