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  • Courtland Properties I, LLC et al. v. Collins

    Publication Date: 2019-11-27
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sun Choy, Jacob Daly, Sara Brochstein, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Yinka Omole, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1437

    Summary Judgment Could Not Properly Be Granted to Defendant on Basis of Real-Party-In-Interest Objection

  • Timmons et al. v. Suntrust Bank

    Publication Date: 2019-11-08
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen Johnson, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Hall, Jordan Bell, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1262

    Bank was not entitled to summary judgment because it was not entitled to holder in due course status under a vehicle sales contract

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford Kurlander, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Henry Syms, (District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1014

    Trial Judge's Implied Expression of Opinion as to Defendant's Guilt Was Plain Error, Warranting New Trial

  • Parker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Kleinrock, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emily Richardson, Sherry Boston, Deborah Wellborn, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1009

    Court affirms mistrial ruling over defendant's double jeopardy and trial court error objections.

  • 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