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  • Muscogee County Bd. of Tax Assessors v. Pace Indus. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Travis C. Hargrove and Kirsten C. Stevenson Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford PC, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mary T. Benton and Timothy J. Peaden Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1856

    The freeport exemption did not apply to a company's inventory in Georgia because the company was not holding the inventory for final shipment outside of the

  • Muscogee County Bd. of Tax Assessors v. Pace Indus. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-01-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Travis C. Hargrove and Kirsten C. Stevenson Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mary T. Benton and Timothy J. Peaden Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1856

    The freeport exemption did not apply to a company's inventory in Georgia because the company was not holding the inventory for final shipment outside of the

  • Atlantic Station LLC v. Vratsinas Constr. Co.

    Publication Date: 2010-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael H. Shanlever and John I. Spangler III Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kent P. Smith and Stephen G. Joy Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1134

    The appellant waived its right to stay arbitration in a dispute over $4.5M in invoices rendered from 1999-2004 in connection with development consulting services provided in connection with the cons

  • Alston & Bird LLP v. Mellon Ventures II LP

    Publication Date: 2010-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas W. Curvin and Amy K. Averill Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, and Edward D. Tolley, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Edwin J. Schklar, J. James Johnson, William B. Ney, Magdalena M. Heim and Michael R. Peacock Schklar, Ney & Heim LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A10A1563

    The trial court properly denied appellants' motion for summary judgment because the arguments therein hinged primarily on the depositions and affidavit of a manager whose credibility appellees vigor

  • Atlantic Station LLC v. Vratsinas Constr. Co.

    Publication Date: 2010-11-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael H. Shanlever and John I. Spangler III Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kent P. Smith and Stephen G. Joy Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1134

    The appellant waived its right to stay arbitration in a dispute over $4.5M in invoices rendered from 1999-2004 in connection with development consulting services provided in connection with the cons

  • Kappelmeier v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am.

    Publication Date: 2010-09-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gottfried A. Kappelmeier, Duluth, proceeded pro se. Ryan J. Lewis Alston & Bird LLP, Kenton J. Coppage Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Atlanta, Michael P. Johnson McMickle, Kurey & Branch LLP, Alpharetta, and Sandra D. Hauser Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, New York, NY, for appellant.
    for defendant: .
    Case Number: A10A1341

    Appellant's purposeful omission from the record on appeal of all documents filed by appellee relating to its motion for summary judgment rendered a de novo review impos

  • Fulton County, Ga. V. T-Mobile, South LLC

    Publication Date: 2010-08-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. David Ware, County Attorney, and Jerolyn W. Ferrari County Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy J. Peaden, Kristine M. Brown, Clark R. Calhoun Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0913

    The 9-1-1 charge, which the county imposed on wireless telephone service providers was a tax and a wireless telephone provider was entitled to a refund for charges paid for all of its prepaid cust

  • Dabbs v. Key Equip. Fin. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-04-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Brian Raley Raley & Sandifer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher A. Riley, Lisa K. Bojko Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and J. Blake Mayes Sacks Tierney PA, Scottsdale, Ariz., for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0825

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to an equipment company and failing to grant summary judgment to the alleged guarantor/employee-the guaranty executed by employee was not enforceab

  • Oglethorpe Power Corp. v. Forrister

    Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hugh, B. McNatt McNatt Greene and Peterson, Vidalia, and Natalie M. Christensen, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael D. McRae and Jason B. Sanker McRae, Stegall & Peek, Cedartown, for appellees. Other party representation: Charles T. Autry, Roland F. Hall Autry Horton & Cole LLP, Tucker, Peter M. Degnan, Jonathan E. Wells Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Steven T. Minor Tisinger, Tisinger, Vance & Greer, Carrollton.
    Case Number: A09A2015

    The issue of whether a power plant was a permanent or continuing nuisance was a jury que

  • Cabiness v. Lambros

    Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Flay Cabiness, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew J. Ekonomou Ekonomou Atkinson & Lambros LLC, Atlanta, Robert B. Turner, Christopher D. Britt Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Timothy D. Roberts Oliver Maner & Gray, Savannah, Terry L. Readdick Brown, Readdick, Bumgartner, Carter, Strickland & Watkins, Nathan T. Williams, Brunswick, David A. Garland Moore, Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers PC, Albany, William B. Johnson, Jesup, Dabney D. Ware and John W. Caven Jr. Foley & Lardner LLP, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellee. Other party representation: Stephen D. Kelly, District Attorney, Woodbine, Peter M. Degnan, Gregory B. Mauldin Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, Alex L. Zipperer Zipperer, Lorberbaum & Beauvais, Jeremy S. McKenzie Tate Law Group, Savannah, John J. Ossick Jr., Kingsland.
    Case Number: A09A2352

    An attorney could not be held in criminal contempt based on a receivership order that did not apply directly t