• College Park Business and Industrial Development Authority v. College Park Mob, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-04-19
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Freed, Brian Goldberg, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Simon Bloom, Shannan Oliver, Benjamin Dell'orto, (Bloom Parham LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1332

    Court reverses grant of specific performance in real estate dispute due to trial court's lack of consideration of property value, but affirms summary judgment denying seller's breach of contract claims

  • In the Interest of L. H., a child.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Green, (The Law Office of Amy L. Green LLC), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Amy Michaud, Bryan Webb, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Shane Geeter, (Attorney at Law), Milledgeville, Hoganne Harrison-Walton, (The Hogan Law Firm LLC), Milledgeville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1454

    Court affirms juvenile court's placement of child with biological family over foster family

  • Buenrrostro v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: A23A1307

    Court affirms convictions in a child molestation case over defendant's claims of trial court errors and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Adam Rice et al. v. Fulton County et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Class Actions
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell Graham, (G. Roger Land & Associates), Atlanta, G. Land, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Jonathan Palmer, (Knight Palmer, LLC), Atlanta, Ranse Partin, (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, Lindsey Hillis, (The Hillis Firm), Atlanta, Nicholas Sears, (Nicholas Sears), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Colin Delaney, Dana Richens, Anthony Rollins, Edward Wasmuth, Leah Sears, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Detriss Thomas, Kaye Burwell, (Fulton County Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta, Ken Jarrard, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, Joyce Lewis, Kana Caplan, (Krevolin Horst, LLC), Atlanta, Laura Yellig, (Fulton County Public Defender), Atlanta, Jacob Edwards, (Krevolin Horst), Atlanta, Hermise Pierre, (City of Atlanta Department of Law), Atlanta, John Petty, (City of Roswell Legal Department), Roswell, David Davidson, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, for appellee; Richard Carothers, (Attorney at Law), Buford, for Other Party.

    Case Number: A23A1646

    Court reverses denial of class certification in a taxpayers' proposed class action property tax lawsuit against Fulton County

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anita Howard, Cynthia Adams, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office Office of the District Attorney Macon Judicial Circuit), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1342

    Court affirms denial of out-of-time appeal in a voluntary manslaughter case

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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

  • Dekalb County School District et al. v. Dekalb Agriculture Technology and Environment, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-01
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrea Jolliffe, (Hall Booth Smith), Athens, Pearson Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, Melanie Slaton, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Columbus, Russell Britt, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Fortson, (Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin), Atlanta, Peter Farley, (McGuire Woods LLP), Atlanta, Heidi Siegmund, (McGuire Woods LLP), Richmond, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0787

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of charter schools and against a School District, finding that the schools' claims sounded in breach of contract and were not barred by sovereign immunity

  • Shelley Namdar-Yeganeh v. Cyndi Namdar-Yeganeh et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie O’Neal, (O’Dell & O’Neal), Marietta, Laura Higginbotham, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gary Graham, Erik Chambers, (Stern & Edlin), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0999

    Court concludes that Georgia's Grandparent Visitation Statute does not authorize grandparents to file actions to modify existing grandparent visitations orders apart from a properly pending action

  • Bonner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah Pines, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White, (District Attorney), Atlanta, Michael Coveney, (District Attorney’s Office of the Northern Judicial Circuit), Danielsville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0970

    Court affirms convictions for attempted murder and neglect of an elder person over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Tracy Garner et al. v. Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-20
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Matthew Sellers, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Matthew Cathey, (Cathey & Strain. LLC), Cornelia, Brian Blankenship, Las Vegas, Joshua K Conaway, Albuquerque, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Huff, Randolph Powell, Eric Wilder, Alexander Vey, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, Y. Williams, Anna Idelevich, Michael Weathington, (Weinberg Wheller Hudgins Gunn & Dial), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1090

    Court upholds dismissal of wrongful death claim due to lack of standing over a question of whether the plaintiffs were able to allege that an individual had died