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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

  • 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

  • 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

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  • 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.

  • Jackson County Board of Education v. City of Commerce Board of Education et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-20
    Practice Area: Education Law | Government
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Marshall, Henry Chalmers, Morgan Harrison, (Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Stell, (Stell, Smith & Mattison, P.C.), Winder, R. Syfan, (Hulsey, Oliver and Mahar, LLP), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1664

    Educational Services Agreement Between County and City Education Boards Was Enforceable Intergovernmental Contract

  • Camden County v. Sweatt, et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-01
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John S. Myers, (John S. Myers PC), Woodbine, William Bradley Carver, Sr., Russell A. Britt, Pearson Kern Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dana F. Braun, Kimberly Cofer Butler, Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for appellee; G. Joseph Scheuer, Larry Wayne Ramsey, Jr., (Association County Commissioners of Georgia), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Clare Rivka Norins, (First Amendment Clinic), Athens, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0837

    County's Electorate Had Constitutional Authority to Petition For Repeal of County Resolutions For Land Purchase

  • Schroeder Holdings, LLC et al. v. Gwinnett County

    Publication Date: 2023-01-26
    Practice Area: Government | Land Use and Planning | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Reeves, Jaletta Smith, (Andersen Tate & Carr), Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Jenkins, Erik Pirozzi, (Jenkins, Bowen & Walker, P.C.), Cartersville, Michael Ludwiczak, Melanie Wilson, (Gwinnett County Department of Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Meredith Germain, Valerie Ross, (Turner Ross Germain, LLC), Marietta, for AM.
    Case Number: A22A1585

    County's Denial of Rezoning Request Was Not Quasi-Judicial Decision Requiring Challenge By Way of Writ of Certiorari

  • State of Georgia et al. v. Federal Defender Program, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-10
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Criminal Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julie Adams Jacobs, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Sabrina Dawn Graham, Paula Khristian Smith, Jonathan David Loegel, Brooke Heinz Chaplain, Christopher M. Carr, Logan B. Winkles, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronan Patrick Doherty, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, John H. Fleming, (Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan), Atlanta, Ann Grunewald Fort, (Eversheds Sutherland LLP), Atlanta, Michael Adam Caplan, Julia Blackburn Stone Cameron Blaine Roberts, (Caplan Cobb LLP), Atlanta, Susan Jill Benton, Monet Brewerton-Palmer, (Federal Defender Program), Atlanta, for appellee; Patrick Mulvaney, Michael Boland Admirand, Ryan Primerano, (Southern Center For Human Rights), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee; Anna Marie Arceneaux, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S22A1099

    E-Mail Exchange Between Deputy Attorney General and Capital Defense Attorneys Was Contract Sufficient to Waive Sovereign Immunity