The Georgia Court of Appeals posted a fond goodbye note to Judge William “Billy” Ray II, who left last week for a new job.

Ray mentioned in oral arguments for a U-Haul case Oct. 25 that he likely would not be voting on the opinion because “this is probably my last day.” He told lawyers not to worry if he didn’t seem to agree with them. John Salter of the Barnes Law Group said during his argument, “By the way, congratulations on not having to stick around to decide this.”