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  • Martin et al. v. Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-20
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce Perrin Brown, (Bruce P. Brown Law LLC), Atlanta, Russell Todd Abney, Blake Todd Tanase, (Ferrer, Poirot & Wansbrough), Sandy Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Barrett Belinfante, Vincent Robert Russo, Jr., Carey Allen Miller, Alexander Fraser Denton, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, Annette M. Cowart, Russell David Willard, Christopher M. Carr, Andrew Alan Pinson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patrise M. Perkins-Hooker, Kaye Woodard Burwell, Cheryl Melissa Ann Ringer, David Robert Lowman, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, Richard A. Carothers, Brian Richard Dempsey, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Bryan Paul Tyson, Frank B. Strickland, Bryan Francis Jacoutot, Bryan Paul Tyson, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Edward H. Lindsey, Jr., (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0769

    Parties Challenging 2018 Election Failed to Provide Sufficient Evidence to Support Their Claim That Defects in Electronic Voting Machines Cast Doubt on Election Results

  • City of Albany v. Dougherty County

    Publication Date: 2019-12-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Government | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Sweat, (Gardner, Willis, Sweat & Handelman, LLP), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Lewis, Lillian Bittick, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, for appellee. Jon-Selby Hawk, (Jon R. Hawk Sr. LLC), Macon, Hugh Morris, (Attorney at Law), Albany, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A1406

    Trial Court Properly Rejected City's Sovereign Immunity Claim in its Motion to Dismiss County's Cross-Claim For Contractual Indemnity

  • R. L. (Butch) Conway, in his Official Capacity as Sheriff of Gwinnett County v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2019-12-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tuwanda Williams, (Gwinnett County Law Dept.), Lawrenceville, appellant.
    for defendant: Macklyn Smith, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee. Michael Puglise, (Puglise Law Firm PC), Snellville, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A1487

    Sheriff Was Immune From §1983 Claim Arising From Deputy's Alleged Sexual Assault On Prisoner

  • Board of Commissioners of Lowndes County v. Mayor and Council of the City of Valdosta, et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-27
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Elliott, Walter Elliott, (Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding, P.C.), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robin Leigh, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, George Talley, Gregory Talley, (Coleman, Talley, Newbern, Kurrie Et Al), Valdosta, Timothy Tanner, (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, Whitney Groff, (Georgia Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Andrew Welch, Warren Tillery, Brandon Palmer, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1538

    County's Mandamus Suit Against Individual Board Members of Department of Community Affairs Was Barred by Sovereign Immunity

  • Gatto et al. v. City of Statesboro et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-25
    Practice Area: Government | Insurance Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Insurance | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Rogers, Gilbert Deitch, Kara Phillips, (Deitch & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, William D'Antignac, (Deitch & Rogers LLC), Atlanta, Charles Johnson, (Law Offices of James C. McLaughlin), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Terry Amanda Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, George Spears, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Bennett, Richard Gignilliat, John Stivarius, (Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Seth Friedman, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith), Atlanta, Rusi Patel, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc.), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A19A1408

    City's Purchase of Liability Insurance Did Not Waive Sovereign Immunity Defense Against Personal Injury Claims

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  • Georgiacarry.Org., Inc. et al. v. Atlanta Botanical Garden, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Baird Carpenter, James Charles Grant, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Peter Crane Canfield, Brian Charles Lea, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Henry R. Chalmers, Andrew Clay Stevens, (Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S18G1149

    Private Lessee of Public Property May Not Exclude Persons Carrying Firearms Unless Lease Conferred Present Estate to Lessee

  • Pickens v. City of Waco

    Publication Date: 2019-10-17
    Practice Area: Damages | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Albert Myers, (Albert A. Myers III PC), Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: G. Mobley, (Lokey, Mobley and Doyle, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1084

    Ante Litem Claim Notice to City For Personal Injuries Did Not State Specific Amount of Damages Being Sought

  • City of College Park v. Clayton County et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Tax
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Winston A. Denmark, Steven Martin Fincher, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Jonesboro, Eugene Paden Smith, Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry McKenzie Dingle, Kyler Lee Wise, (Wilson, Brock & Irby, LLC), Atlanta, Richard A. Carothers, Amy Bryant Cowan, Michael E. Hobbs, General Counsel, Thomas Monroe Mitchell, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Kathryn Elizabeth Baird, (Evert Weathresby Houff), Atlanta, Neal Jerome Quirk, (Quirk & Quirk, LLC), Atlanta, Rusi Chandrashkhar Patel, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc), Atlanta, for appellee. Rusi Chandrashkhar Patel, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S19A0460

    Government Immunity Did Not Bar City's Suit Against County In Tax Revenue Dispute

  • Development Authority of Cobb County et al. v. State of Georgia et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-03
    Practice Area: Government | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | Retail | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Thomas Brown, Rebecca Allison Davis, Daniel M. McRae, (Seyfarth Shaw, LLP), Atlanta, William A. Holby, Letitia A. McDonald, Gabriel Krimm, (King & Spalding, LLP), Atlanta, Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, Larry Savage, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0378

    Local Government Agency Had Authority to Issue Revenue Bonds to Finance Land Acquisition and Retail Development

  • Schroeder v. Dekalb County et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Ates, (David Ates, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laura Johnson, Terry Phillips, (Counsel for the County of Dekalb), Decatur, Shaheem Williams, (Dekalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0551

    Appellate Court Rulings Unaddressed by State Supreme Court Decision Were Consistent With That Decision