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  • TMX Finance, LLC et al. v. Goldsmith et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-11
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert D'Cruz, (Baker Hostetler), Atlanta, Anthony Decinque, (United States Department of Justice Richard B. Russell Federal Building), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Hunter, Inman Hodges, George Major, (Oliver Maner, LLP), Savannah, Jeffrey Harris, Stephen Lowry, Yvonne Godfrey, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Savannah, for appellee. Kirby Mason, David Burkoff, (Hunter, MaClean, Exley & Dunn, P. C), Savannah, Billy Jones, (Jones, Osteen & Jones), Hinesville, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0855

    Plaintiffs Who Run Hearing Aid Company Fail to State a Claim for Breach of an Option Agreement

  • Riverwood Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2019-10-03
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fred Bentley, Jamie Wingler, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mason Rountree, (Rountree Law Firm), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1274

    Attorneys' Fees for Stubborn Litigiousness Were Properly Denied Where There Was a Bona Fide Dispute as to Defendant's Liability

  • Hall v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad, (Haddad Law Group), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Morrison, Daniel Porter, (District Attorney, Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1444

    Court affirms methamphetamine trafficking conviction over defendant's objection to evidence seized from his vehicle

  • Blackwell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lazanea Holley, (Law Office of LaZanea M. Holley, LLC), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anne Allen, (Assistant District Attorney Coweta Judicial Circuit), Carrollton, David Parrish, Marietta, John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0758

    Court reverses armed robbery and assault conviction due to improper admission of prior armed robbery arrest.

  • Chambers v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Johnny Vines, (Johnny Vines, P.C.), Metter, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Vaughn, Keely Pitts, (Oconee Circuit District Attorney's Office), Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0889

    Court Affirms Conviction for Cocaine Possession with Intent Over Challenge to Propriety of Stop That Led to Drug Seizure, Approving of Trial Court's Conclusion That Defendant Had Abandoned Privacy Interest in Bag That He Threw Out of His Window in Anticipation of Engaging with Law Enforcement

  • Institute for Justice v. Reilly et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-26
    Practice Area: Information Governance and Compliance
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darrell Sutton, (Sutton Law Group, LLC), Marietta, Mark Perry, (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP), Washington, Alex Harris, Matthew Reagan, (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP), San Francisco, R. Valvo, Ryan Mulvey, (Cause of Action Institute), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wayne Allen, Shawn Story, (Office of Legislative Counsel), Atlanta, Hugh Lanier, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee. Madison Kitchens, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: A19A0076

    Court Affirms Trial Court Order Dismissing Claims Against Offices of the General Assembly Under Georgia's Open Records Act, Approving of Trial Court's Conclusion That Act Did Not Apply to Offices of the General Assembly

  • Weaver v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ivars Lacis, Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Coker, (District Attorney), Thomaston, Elizabeth Kendrick, (Griffin Circuit Superior Court), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0016

    Court affirms aggravated battery and other convictions in a child cruelty case

  • Oconee Federal Savings and Loan Association v. Brown et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: S. Malone, Gregory Taube, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarbrough, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Webb, (Attorney at Law), Stockbridge, Orion Webb, Miranda Hanley, (Smith Welch Webb & White, LLC), Stockbridge, for appellee. James Hurt, (Hurt Stolz, P.C.), Watkinsville, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0040

    Earlier Appellate Court Opinion Established Bank's Right to Payment on Home Equity Line of Credit Debt

  • Oconee Federal Savings and Loan Association v. Brown et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: S. Malone, Gregory Taube, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarbrough, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Webb, (Attorney at Law), Stockbridge, Orion Webb, Miranda Hanley, (Smith Welch Webb & White, LLC), Stockbridge, for appellee. James Hurt, (Hurt Stolz, P.C.), Watkinsville, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0040

    Earlier Appellate Court Opinion Established Bank's Right to Payment on Home Equity Line of Credit Debt

  • McKenney's Inc. et al. v. Sinyard

    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Chapin, (Savell & Williams, L.L.P.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Buck, Juliana Sleeper, (Buck Law Firm), Atlanta, Carrie Christie, (Rutherford & Christie LLP), Atlanta, Robert Burke, (Kalka & Baer), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0204

    Claims in a workers' compensation case were contradicted by allegations in a prior lawsuit