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  • 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

  • Cardinale v. Westmoreland et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-07
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Cardinale, (Matthew Charles Esq. Inc.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Ashe, Matthew Sellers, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1678

    Court affirms in part and denies in part a series of orders addressing a private citizen's lawsuit against a city council under the Open Records and Open Meetings Acts

  • Butt v. Kemp

    Publication Date: 2023-04-06
    Practice Area: Government | Public Records
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sohail Butt, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Jennifer Colangelo, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1580

    Government's Failure to Respond to Request For Records Retention Policy Did Not Violate Open Records Act

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  • Tibbetts v. Worth County School District et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-06
    Practice Area: Education Law | Employment Litigation | Government
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cox, (Charles E. Cox, Jr., LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Grant McBride, William White, Matthew Collum, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1542

    Teacher's Contract Was Renewed By Operation of Law, Precluding Sovereign Immunity Defense to Claim of Breach of Agreement

  • Lewis v. Gwinnett County et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sidney Moore, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Michael Watson, (Watson Law Firm), Atlanta, Ibrahim Awad, (The Awad Law Firm, P.C.), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuwanda Williams, Melanie Jean-Noel, (Gwinnett County Law Department), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Nicole Stout, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Elise Wilson, (Strawinski & Stout, P.C.), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1246

    Emergency COVID-19 Court Order Tolled Time For Providing Ante Litem Notice to County of Negligence Action

  • The Bondsman, Inc. et al. v. Keybo Taylor, Sheriff of Gwinnett County

    Publication Date: 2023-04-04
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Bowers, Jeremy Akin, Lucas Boggs, (Johnson Marlowe LLP), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sun Choy, Jacob Daly, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Robert Marcovitch, (Sinton Scott Minock & Kerew), Atlanta, Tuwanda Williams, (Gwinnett County Law Dept.), Lawrenceville, Preston Ehlers, Atlanta, for appellee; Kellye Moore, (Attorney at Law), Perry, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1370

    Court vacates summary judgment order and remands for determination of whether a bondsperson did not meet financial obligations required for renewal of a license.

  • Hall v. Acker

    Publication Date: 2023-04-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Candace Rodgers, (The Tolson Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Thomas Sampson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randall Farmer, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Amelia Baker, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1309

    Court determines that a school security officer does not have official immunity to a student's claims for excessive force and other causes following a pepper-spray incident

  • Rounds et al. v. Hall County et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-04
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Buckley, Michael Kramer, Anita Balasubramanian, (Buckley Bala Wison Mew LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brenton Bean, P. Freed, William Buechner, Benton Mathis, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1584

    County affirms summary judgment in favor of a County and against a class of employees who argued that the County improperly terminated a defined benefits plan