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  • Camp v. Williams et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-28
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Kelly Camp, (Camp & Camp), Douglasville, Bryan Paul Tyson, Bryan Francis Jacoutot, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie Joy Suson, Michael Victor Coleman, Aaron Watson, Jonathan M. Nussbaum, (Thompson Hine LLP), Atlanta, Jeremy Todd Berry, Joseph Jay Siegelman, (Chilivis Grubman Dalbey & Warner, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0073

    Superior Court Had Statutory Authority to Reverse County Elections Board's Decision to Place Unqualified Candidate on Ballot

  • Eason et al. v. Lundy

    Publication Date: 2022-03-28
    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, Warner Robins, for appellee; LaRhonda W. Patrick, (Williams Patrick Law LLC), Warner Robbins, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S22A0533

    Court affirms superior court decision that a mayoral candidate satisfied Fort Valley residency requirements and should be included on election ballot

  • Black Voters Matter Fund Inc. et al. v. Kemp et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Court Administration | Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Thomas Rhodes, Samuel Aaron Emas, (Hunter Rhodes LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Barrett Belinfante, Vincent Robert Russo, Jr., Javier Pico-Prats, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, Holly Anne Pierson, (Pierson Law LLC), Atlanta, Russell David Willard, Lee M. Stoy, Jr., Christopher M. CarrBryan Keith Webb, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Wayne Brown, Samuel Ethan Meller, (Augusta Law Department), Augusta, George R. Hall, William James Keogh, III, James Christopher Driver, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, Barry Abbott Fleming, Frank Adam Nelson, Paul Simon Patterson Williams, (Fleming & Nelson, LLP), Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1263

    Voter Advocacy Organization Lacked Standing to Challenge Legislation Splitting Judicial Circuit Into Two New Circuits

  • Schmitz v. Barron, Director et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Election and Political Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ray Stallings Smith, III, (Smith & Liss, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Michael Sibley, Terri René Simmons, (Dekalb County Superior Court), Decatur, Nancy Ladson Rowan, David Robert Lowman, Cheryl Melissa Ann Ringer, Ted Jackson, Kaye Woodard Burwell, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, Alex Benjamin Kaufman, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, Adam Martin Sparks, Joshua Ivan McLaurin, (Krevolin & Horst LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1131

    Plaintiff Did Not Exercise Diligence in Ensuring That Notice of Election Contest Was Properly Served Upon Defendant

  • Smith v. Long County Board of Elections and Registration et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-15
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S21A0591

    Trial Court Properly Considered Alleged Cumulative Voting Errors In Determining New Election Not Necessary

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  • Bell v. Raffensperger

    Publication Date: 2021-05-24
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew W. Bell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Russell David Willard, Christopher M. Carr, Miles Christian Skedsvold, Bryan Keith Webb, Charlene Swartz McGowan, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0306

    Secretary of State Could Not Be Compelled to Place Name on Ballot After Election Had Already Taken Place

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

    Publication Date: 2021-04-22
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Bryan Webb, Russell Willard, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Christian Fuller, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bryan Sells, (Law Office of Bryan L. Sells LLC), Atlanta, Marc Elias, Aria Branch, Courtney Elgart, (Perkins Coie LLP), Washington, Joyce Lewis, Adam Sparks, (Krevolin & Horst LLC), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1818

    Court reverses and remands a matter to the superior court for entry of an order enforcing a subpoena for documents and information from a campaign committee

  • Harris et al. v. City of South Fulton et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-06
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Brackett, Robert Ashe, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Winston Denmark, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Jonesboro, David Lowman, Cheryl Ringer, Patrise Perkins-Hooker, Eugene Smith, Michael Huening, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, Emilia Walker, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Atlanta, , for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1990

    Neighborhood in Previously Unincorporated Area In Fulton County Is Now Part of City of South Fulton

  • Rhoden et al. v. Athens-Clarke County Board of Elections et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-20
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Felts Ellison, (Ellison Law), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Monroe Mitchell, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, David Warren Griffeth, (Law Offices of David W. Griffeth), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0030

    Votes Cast on Paper Ballots for a Candidate Who Died Three Days Before Election Day Are Void

  • Kemp et al. v. Gonzalez et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-13
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth T. Young, Russell David Willard, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Miles Christian Skedsvold, Bryan Keith Webb, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce Perrin Brown, (Bruce P. Brown Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21Q0068

    OCGA §45-5-3.2, Which Authorizes a D.A. to Serve Beyond Remainder of Prior D.A.'s Unexpired Term Without an Election, Conflicts With the Georgia Constitution and May Not Be Enforced