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  • Howser Mill Homes LLC v. Branch Banking & Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2012-10-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Gilliam and Keith Whitaker Smith, Gilliam, Williams & Miles PA, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sean Gordon and Jack Lundstedt Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1617

    Where the plaintiff lender voluntarily dismissed its application for confirmation before the entry of a final order, and then started new foreclosure proceedings, OCGA § 44-14-161 c did not require

  • August 17, 2012 | FC&S Insurance

    Circuit Rejects Claim That Title Insurance Companies Violated RESPA

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed a district court decision dismissing a putative class action in which the plaintiffs alleged…

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  • Legacy Communities Group Inc. v. Branch Banking & Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven M. Kushner, Eugenia W. Iredale Fellows LaBriola LLP and John K. Larkins Jr. Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jennifer B. Moore, Mark G. Trigg and Lee B. Hart Greenberg Traurig LLP, for appellee. Other party representation: Kevin A. Maxim The Maxim Law Firm PC, Simon H. Bloom, Stephanie A. Everett The Bloom Sugarman Everett LLP, John D. Dalbey and Brian F. McEvoy Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A11A0696

    A pr to answer for another's debt under the Statute of Frauds is only enforceable against a promisor if it identifies the debt, the principal debtor and the pr

  • July 9, 2012 |

    Title Insurance

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed a district court decision dismissing a putative class action in which the plaintiffs alleged…

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  • May 22, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Where Does Environmental Justice Stand?

    On May 8, Judge Louis H. Pollak passed away. I served as law clerk to Pollak at the beginning of my career. He was, to be sure, a great man — and one who loved parentheticals, including

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  • April 10, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    The High Court and Pre-Enforcement Review Under the Clean Water Act

    On March 21, in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court (mirabile dictu) held that regulated entities may obtain judicial review of administrative

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  • Tampa Inv. Group Inc. v. Branch Banking and Trust Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-03-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John D. Dalbey, John K. Larkins Jr. Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever LLP, Eugenia W. Iredale and Steven M. Kushner Fellows LaBriola LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jennifer B. Moore, Mark G. Trigg and Lee B. Hart Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11G1728; S11G1729

    Although the guaranties at issue did not individually and specifically identify the debt guaranteed, the plain meaning of their language showed that the obligations had no temporal limitation and ap

  • Pinnacle Benning LLC v. Clark Realty Capital LLC

    Publication Date: 2012-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marcus B. Calhoun Jr., William L. Tucker, Thomas F. Gristina, April H. Hocutt Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford PC, Columbus, Joe D. Whitley, Stephanie L. Oginsky and Michael J. King Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jerry A. Buchanan, Lori M. Leonardo Buchanan & Land, Columbus, Jeffrey L. William, Donna M. Welch and Daniel C. Moore Kirckland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A2408

    The trial court did not err in dismissing the plaintiff's derivative action for failure to make a formal demand upon the manager of the limited-liability corporation to bring the

  • American Management Services East LLC v. Fort Benning Family Communities LLC

    Publication Date: 2011-12-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marcus B. Calhoun Jr. Page Scranton Sprouse Tucker & Ford, Columbus, Michael J. King Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, and Thomas E. Dutton Greenberg Traurig LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellants. Jerry A. Buchanan, Lori M. Leonardo Buchanan & Land, Columbus, Jeffrey L. William, Donna M. Welch, and Daniel C. Moore Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A0855

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in enjoining the defendants from pursuing a Virginia declaratory action suit, where eight of the nine Virginia claims either directly overlapped or indir

  • Zywiciel v. Historic Westside Village Partners LLC

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kwame L. Townes, Tucker, for Zywiciel. Kenneth W. Muhammad The Muhammad Firm, Smyrna, for Muhammad. Ernest L. Greer, Michael J. King Greenberg Traurig LLP, Hayden R. Pace Pace Law PC, and Michael E. Ross Taylor English Duma LLP, Michael P. Froman, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1243; A11A1582

    An easement existed in a section of road running between arties' properties because both properties descended from same original subdivision described on the recorded plat, despite the fact tha