• Crowe v. Scissom et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-15
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Consumer Protection | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Luna, (Joseph Luna Law LLC), Jacksonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frederic Beloin, (Beloin, Brown & Blum, LLC), Atlanta, Chadwick Knott, (The Law Office of Chad Knott, LLC), Cleveland, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1130

    Lender in owner-financed real estate transaction was not "creditor" under Georgia Fair Lending Act

  • Bell v. Hargrove

    Publication Date: 2022-08-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Monroe, (John Monroe Law, P.C.), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bennett Bryan, Omari Crawford, (The DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1061

    Court reverses order that affirmed denial of an applicant's weapons carry license, finding that the probate judge did not have statutory authority to deny the application

  • In re Francys Johnson

    Publication Date: 2022-08-03
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mawuli Davis, (The Davis Bozeman Law Firm PC), Decatur, S. Tate, Bo Coram, (Akin & Tate), Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daphne Totten, (Assistant District Attorney Ogeechee Judicial Circuit), Statesboro, for other party.

    Case Number: A22A0608

    Court reverses contempt ruling that the trial judge had issued against a lawyer in a felony murder case, finding that the lawyer was not given his due process rights

  • Schrader v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-08-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Edward Tolley, (Attorney at Law), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, Sheila Ross, John Regan, (Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0067

    Court affirms denial of defendant's plea in bar to dismiss five counts of an indictment due to procedural double jeopardy because defendant filed her plea too late

  • T-Mobile South, LLC v. Crittenden

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Tresh, (Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP), Atlanta, Alla Raykin, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alex Sponseller, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Mitchell Watkins, (Georgia Attorney General’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee; Joshua Belinfante, Daniel Monahan, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield, LLC), Atlanta, Keith Blackwell, Lee Deneen, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Mark Johnson, Judson Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin P.C.), Brunswick, Colin Delaney, Anthony Rollins, Leah Sears, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for AM.

    Case Number: A22A0095

    Court vacates ruling that a telecom company was not entitled to a sales tax refund under a high-tech exemption and remands case for further consideration

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  • Funvestment Group, LLC v. Crittenden

    Publication Date: 2022-07-21
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Oliver, Les Schneider, Thomas Walker, (Wimberly, Lawson, Steckel, Schneider & Stine, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald Stay, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Alex Sponseller, Melody Chapman-Caskey, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0193

    Amounts Paid by Arcade Owner to Lease Coin Operated Amusement Machines Was Not Exempt From Sales and Use Taxes

  • Blau v. Georgia Department of Corrections

    Publication Date: 2022-06-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Government | Public Records
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronan Doherty, Benjamin Fox, (Bondurant, Mixso & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Michael Jones, (Elias Law Group LLP), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth Crowder, (Law Department), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, Tina Piper, (Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0326

    Georgia Secrecy Act Does Not Prohibit Production of Department of Corrections Records to Journalist in Redacted Form

  • Hayle v. Ingram

    Publication Date: 2022-05-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joann Sharpm (Meriwether & Tharp LLC), Alpharetta, Hadley O'Neill, (Meriwether & Tharp LLC), Johns Creek, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lawrence Stagg, (Attorney at Law), Ringgold, for appellee; William Mills, (William B. Mill, P.C.), Ringgold, for other party.

    Case Number: A22A0721

    Father's Past History of Domestic Violence Supported Order Awarding Custody of Child to Maternal Grandmother

  • Summerour et al. v. City of Monroe et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-12
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig Jones, (Craig T. Jones, PC), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sara Brochstein, Dana Maine, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1561

    Court affirms dismissal on the pleadings of wrongful death action on grounds of sovereign immunity. but vacates and remands as to official immunity

  • Glass et al. v. Faircloth et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-06
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Letitia McDonald, Lohr Beck-Kemp, Peter Diaz, (King & Spalding), Atlanta, Robert Reeves, Thomas Tate, Jaletta Smith, (Andersen, Tate & Carr, P.C.), Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julie Jacobs, William Banks, Christopher Carr, (Deputy Attorney General), Atlanta, Gerald Davidson, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, Ann Ferebee, Jennifer Odom, (Bryan Cave LLP), Atlanta, James Manley, Jill Kuhn, (Troutman Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Whitney Groff, (Georgia Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, William Withrow, Kathleen Campbell, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Nicholas Bedo, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1737

    Order Directing Trust to Pay Trustee's Legal Fees Was Directly Appealable as Mandatory Interlocutory Injunction