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  • The Atlanta Journal-Constitution v. Jewell

    Publication Date: 2001-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter C. Canfield, Sean R. Smith, Thomas M. Clyde, James A. Demetry Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. L. Lin Wood Jr., Mahaley C. Paulk L. Lin Wood PC, G. Watson Bryant Jr. and David B. Hornsby, Atlanta, for Jewell. Other party representation: David E. Hudson Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, Augusta, David A. Schulz and Jeffrey H. Drichta Clifford, Chance, Rogers & Wells LLP, New York, N.Y.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A1564; A01A1565; A01A1566

    Plaintiff was a limited-purpose public figure for purposes of his libel suit arising out of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing because he granted 10 interviews and one photo shoot in the three days

  • Pittman v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-10-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard A. Jones Abernathy & Ballinger, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roger D. Queen, District Attorney, Jasper, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Ruth M. Bebko, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0780

    The trial court did not violate defendant's right to confrontation in allowing several witnesses to testify about statements made to them by defendant's girlfriend, who invoked her Fifth Amendment p

  • Morrison v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shandor S. Badaruddin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Thomas A. Cole and Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1177

    Repetitive Bruton objections to testimony about the co-defendants' statements would have served no purpose because defendant claimed he was coerced into participating in the c

  • Patrick v. Macon Hous. Auth.

    Publication Date: 2001-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Russell M. Boston and Neil Halvorson Sell & Melton LLP, Macon, for Patrick. John C. Daniel III and Richard A. Epps Jr. Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier, for Macon Hous. Auth. Other party representation:, Luanne Clarke Moore Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers PC, Albany, Heather C. McGrotty and Jason P. King Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A0066; A01A0067

    Defendant exercised reasonable care under the circumstances in inspecting the laundry room floor in its apartment building for trash and water every two

  • Nix v. Cox Enters. Inc. d/b/a The Atlanta Constitution

    Publication Date: 2001-02-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward T.M. Garland and Nelson O. Tyrone III Garland, Samuel & Loeb, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter C. Canfield and Thomas M. Clyde Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A0070

    The Court of Appeals partially reversed the grant of summary judgment to a publishing company and its newspaper on an attorney's defamation claim arising out of two articles that characterized him a

  • Bakhtiarnejad v. Cox Enters. Inc. d/b/a The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    Publication Date: 2000-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne Grant and Kimberly W. Rabren Wood & Grant, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter C. Canfield and Thomas M. Clyde Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Richard A. Carothers, Thomas M. Mitchell Carothers & Mitchell LLC, Buford, Charles R. Floyd Jr., Peachtree City, and Genet McIntosh-Hopewell, Decatur.
    Case Number: A00A1434

    Defendants were not entitled to summary judgment or dismissal of plaintiff's defamation suit because a genuine issue remained as to whether defendants accurately reported an officer's investigation

  • Bakhtiarnejad v. Cox Enters. Inc. d/b/a The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    Publication Date: 2000-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne Grant and Kimberly W. Rabren Wood & Grant, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter C. Canfield and Thomas M. Clyde Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Richard A. Carothers and Thomas M. Mitchell Carothers & Mitchell LLC, Buford, Charles R. Floyd Jr., Peachtree City, and Genet McIntosh-Hopewell, Decatur.
    Case Number: A00A1434

    Defendants were not entitled to summary judgment or dismissal of plaintiff's defamation suit because a genuine issue remained as to whether defendants accurately reported an officer's investigation

  • Nelson & Hill PA v. Wood

    Publication Date: 2000-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
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    Case Number: A00A0764, A00A0765

    Law firm could not recover its attorneys' fees in quantum meruit for representing the defendant in a discrimination suit, because the firm received an award for its reasonable fees from the federal

  • In re Fulton County Grand Jury Proceedings

    Publication Date: 2000-07-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce H. Morris Finestone, Morris & Wildstein, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker and Bettieanne C. Hart, Assistant District Attorneys, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Peter C. Canfield, Thomas M. Clyde Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Mark J. Kadish, Atlanta, and G. Kennedy McCleod Jr. McCleod & Assocs., Roswell.
    Case Number: A00A1177

    Crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege allowed the presentation before a grand jury of the testimony of a private investigator who had been hired by a murder suspect's divorce attor

  • Wilder v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ruth P. Marks, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Maria B. Golick and Thomas A. Cole, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1017

    Evidence that defendant fled on foot after an of stopped his car supported his conviction for obstructing an of