• Vazemiller et al. v. Sanders

    Publication Date: 2021-08-19
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Turner, (Schulten Ward & Turner, LLP), Atlanta, Kevin McDonough, (Attorney at Law), Cumming, Deborah Pittman, (Miles Hansford and Tallant, LLC.), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warner Hodges, Cumming; Theodore Spaulding, Cumming, Jeremy Hayes, (Spaulding Law LLC), Cumming, for other party.

    Case Number: A21A1151

    Trial Court Erred in Concluding That Purchasers of Land Had Notice of Purported Landowner's Deed and Could Not Qualify as Bona Fide Purchasers for Value

  • Ruiz v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-08-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Trotter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 11-18-00267-CR

    A criminal defendant, who was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison, failed to show that the decision was in error.

  • In the Matter of James Archie Barnett.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-16
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Allen Earles, Rebecca S. Mick, (Georgia Office of Bar Admissions), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, Russell David Willard, Russell David Willard, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Archie Barnett, Fairburn, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21Z1090

    Previously-Disbarred Attorney Demonstrated He Was Now Entitled to be Certified as Fit to Practice Law

  • Lane Dermatology et al. v. Smith et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-10
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Gristina, Carter Schondelmayer, Austin Gibson, (Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, P.C.), Columbus, James Sherman, (Stanley, Esrey & Buckley, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julie Wood, Jared Miller, John Elliott, (Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, Jerry Buchanan, Trisha Hargrove, (Buchanan & Land), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0582

    Communications Between Dermatologist's Former Employee and Patients Did Not Violate Non-Solicitation Provision

  • Hill v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Harty, Greg Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White, (District Attorney), Hartwell, Jeffrey Lee, (Elbert County District Attorney's Office), Elberton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0264

    Court Reverses Denial of Motion to Suppress Evidence Obtained in Search Following Traffic Stop

  • Hill v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2021-08-09
    Practice Area: Family Law | Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Hill, Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garnett Harrison, (Garnett Harrison P.C.), Kingsland, for other party.

    Case Number: A21A0285

    Court affirms denial of litigant's motion to recuse an entire court from presiding over his ex-wife's contempt action in a child support payment matter

  • Prim v. Deputy Stein

    Publication Date: 2021-08-09
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Law | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Stewart
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-20387

    Two individuals, who were arrested for public intoxication and sued the venue, were able to show that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of the venue.

  • TJFA v. Texas Commission

    Publication Date: 2021-08-09
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 03-19-00815-CV

    Appellee 130 Environmental Park filed an application for a permit to construct and operate a new municipal solid waste facility in Caldwell County.

  • Hogue v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-08-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Horton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 09-19-00234-CR

    Appellant argued the trial court violated his right to a fair trial under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and under Article I, Section 10 of the Texas Constitution.

  • Hall et al. v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2021-08-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Trent Speckhals, (Speckhals Law, P. C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Willingham, (Law Offices of Thomas P. Willingham PC), Birmingham, William Norwood, (Pope McGlamry Kilpatrick Morrison & Norwood P.C.), Atlanta, Yehuda Smolar, (Yes Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; John Smith, William Purvis, (Young Thagard Hoffman Smith Lawrence & Shenton), Valdosta, Richard Hines, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough), Atlanta for other party.

    Case Number: A21A0111

    Court affirms majority of orders addressing procedure regarding estate conservator's exclusive right to represent minor children in a wrongful death action