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  • Cooper et al. v. Pollard et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Cohilas, Maggie Cropp, (Watson Spence LLP), Albany,, for appellant.
    for defendant: Venterra Pollard, Corey Morgan, Camilla, for appellee; LaTonya Wiley, (Denmark Ashby LLC), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A0389

    Court affirms default judgments in a quo warranto action and denial of a contempt motion pending an appeal in a petitioner's residency eligibility challenge to district council members

  • Marshall v. Lundy

    Publication Date: 2023-10-11
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gordon L. Joyner, (The Law Offices of Gordon Joyner), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen N. Hollomon, (Attorney at Law), Warner Robins, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1067

    Court affirms superior court decision that a mayoral candidate was validly elected as mayor of Fort Valley

  • In re: December 6, 2022 General Election Ballot.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-25
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward T. Metz, Mableton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Walter White, (Haynie, Litchfield, Crane & White, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee; Russell David Willard, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Sarah E. Thompson, Statesboro, Kevin C. Muldowney, Milton, Terry Scott Howard, Winterville, Gregory C. Sowell, (James Bates Brannan & Groover LLP), Athens, for other party.
    Case Number: S23A0583

    Court affirms denial of relief to petitioners who sought to void election results but who did not name any defendants in their lawsuits

  • Morgan v. Mainstreet Newspapers, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-19
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Lewis, (Lewis & Murphy, LLP), Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Hudson, David Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0464

    Court affirms dismissal of councilman's lawsuit for libel against a newspaper because the paper's article was protected under the anti-SLAPP statute

  • Voterga et al. v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2023-07-12
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Harding, (Attorney at Law), Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Charlene McGowan, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Russell Willard, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth Vaughan, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0004

    Voting Machines That Eject Paper Ballots Marked to Confirm Electronic Votes Comply With Georgia Election Law

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    Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings and Related Torts in Pennsylvania, Second Edition

    Authors: George Bochetto, David P. Heim, John A. O’Connell, Robert S. Tintner

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  • Davis, Jr., Mayor of Augusta v. The Augusta Press

    Publication Date: 2023-07-06
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Tarver, (Enoch Tarver PC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0336

    Court reverses denial of a motion to dismiss an Open Records Act Case and remands because respondent was not notified that the trial court's order was a final judgment

  • Favorito et al. v. Wan et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-07
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Harding, (Attorney at Law), Griffin, Paul Kunst, (Paul C. Kunst PC), Barnesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amanda Clark Palmer, Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC), Atlanta, for appellee; Robert Cheeley, (Cheeley Law Group LLC), Alpharetta, Preston Haliburton, (Haliburton Law Firm), Atlanta, Charles Joyner, (C. David Joyner, P.C.), Buford, Dominique Martinez, David Lowman, Cheryl Ringer, Steven Rosenberg, Kaye Burwell Francesca Black, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, Charlene McGowan, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Gabrielle Holland, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, William Charles Bundren, (Bundren Law Group, PLLC), Frisco, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0939

    Remand to Trial Court Necessary to Determine Plaintiffs' Standing to Sue County on Claims of Unlawful Dilution of Election Votes

  • Perdue et al. v. Barron et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-17
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Cheeley, (Cheeley Law Group LLC), Alpharetta, Gabrielle Holland, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, William Charles Bundren, (Bundren Law Group, PLLC), Frisco, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Joyner, (C. David Joyner, P.C.), Buford, Cheryl Ringer, Mathew Plott, (Fulton County - Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta, Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1528

    Court affirms dismissal of a petition for declaratory and injunctive relief that addressed matters involving the November 2020 general election

  • Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission v. New Georgia Project Action Fund et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-08
    Practice Area: Discovery | Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Elizabeth Young, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Bryan Webb, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Russell Willard, (Attorney at Law Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joyce Lewis, Adam Sparks, (Krevolin Horst, LLC), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, Bryan Sells, (Law Office of Bryan L. Sells LLC), Atlanta, Marc Elias, Aria Branch, Elisabeth Frost, Alexi Velez, (Elias Law Group LLP), Washington, for appellee; Other Parties, Adam Sparks, (Krevolin & Horst, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0748

    Court affirms denial of a motion to compel a document subpoena to two campaign entities and reverses an order modifying a subpoena to another entity

  • Hill v. Kemp

    Publication Date: 2022-12-01
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Tucker, (Tucker & Associates Law Firm LLC), Jonesboro, Alan Parker, (Alan Parker Law Firm LLC), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julie Jacobs, Christopher Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Andrew Dearing, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1113

    Court affirms denial of a suspended sheriff's petition for a writ of mandamus for to require his reinstatement