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  • Hooters of Augusta Inc. v. Nicholson

    Publication Date: 2000-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark C. Wilby, Elizabeth McLeod Fulcher, Hagler, Reed, Hanks & Harper, Augusta, Emmet J. Bondurant and Frank M. Lowrey IV Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Harry D. Revell Burnside, Wall, Daniel, Ellison & Revell, Augusta, for appellee. Bambi Clark, Martinez, proceeded pro se. Other party representation: John J. Flynt III Lester, Lester & Flynt, Michael W. Millians Glover, Blount & Millians, Augusta, Thurbert Baker, Attorney General, Robert S. Bomar, Deputy Attorney General, Harold D. Melton, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Stacey L. Ferris-Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A0429

    Georgia citizens have a right to file private causes of action under the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C.

  • State v. Bowen

    Publication Date: 2000-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Rylee, Solicitor, and Larry A. Baldwin II, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter M. Britt and Deborah F. Weiss Chandler & Britt LLC, Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0417

    The suppression of breath test results stemming from a boating under the influence charge was proper since the GBI violated the Administrative Procedure Act by failing to publish its procedures for

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia F. Angeli, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, Erman J. Tanjuatco and Clifford A. Sticher, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1439

    The defendant's failure to give a plausible explanation for the cash he was carrying when he and his codefendant were apprehended supported the jury's conclusion that he was a party to his co-defend

  • Cochran v. Ogletree

    Publication Date: 2000-08-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard D.C. Schrade Jr. Schrade & Richardson, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: William C. Drosky, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1531

    Plaintiff was entitled to recover the money she deposited under an invalid agreement with defendants on the basis of money had and received or unjust enric

  • State v. Redd

    Publication Date: 2000-06-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert B. Ellis Jr., District Attorney, Timothy L. Eidson, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Ellen S. Bolden, Assistant District Attorney, Nashville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles R. Reddick Charles R. Reddick PC, Homerville, for appellee. Other party representation: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, Dalton, Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, Albany, J. David Miller, District Attorney, Valdosta, Keith C. Martin, Solicitor, Jonesboro, Leslie C. Abernathy, Solicitor, Cumming, Carmen Smith, Solicitor, Atlanta, Sheryl B. Jolly, Solicitor General, Augusta, and Wensley Hobby, Solicitor, Reidsville.
    Case Number: A00A1059

    An attorney who is appointed as district attorney pro tempore may continue his private criminal practice during that appoin

  • Brandon v. Newman

    Publication Date: 2000-05-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith F. Brandon Zimmerman & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel W. Cruse, Augusta, for appellee. Other party representation: Elizabeth McLeod Fulcher, Hagler, Reed, Hanks & Harper, Augusta.
    Case Number: A99A1776

    The plaintiff could not enforce his attorney's lien against the defendant's personal injury settlement because the underlying retainer agreement was inexplicably entwined with an unethical fee-split

  • Simmons v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry L. Miller and Gee G. Vaughn Mitchell & Mitchell, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert A. Cowan Kinney, Kemp, Sponcler, Joiner & Tharpe, Dalton, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A1939

    Father was not liable under the family purpose doctrine for his 18-year-old son's accident, even though the father owned the wrecked truck, since the son did not live with his parents at the time of

  • National Council on Compensation Ins. Inc. v. Strickland

    Publication Date: 2000-02-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Will Harman, Owen, Saunders & Sweeney PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth A. Smith Smith, Wallis & Scott, Carrollton, for appellee. Other party representation: Michael T. Thornton, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A99A2184

    Evidence that administrator of Georgia's workers' compensation assigned risk plan changed plaintiff's insurance application without informing him raised a jury issue on whether the administrator act

  • March 4, 2010 | National Law Journal

    D.C. Appeals Court Revives Wrongful Termination Suit Against Reed Smith

    A former Reed Smith associate in Washington who alleged wrongful termination against the firm won a victory Thursday in the D.C

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  • March 5, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Court Revives Wrongful Termination Suit Against Reed Smith

    A former Reed Smith associate in Washington who alleged wrongful termination against the firm won a victory Thursday in the D.C. Court of Appeals, which reversed the dismissal of the suit and reman

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