• Trax-Fax Inc. v. Hobba

    Publication Date: 2006-02-17
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald M. Shivers Shivers & Assocs., Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . S. Lester Tate III Akin & Tate and William F. Kelley The Kelley Law Firm, Cartersville, for appellee. Other party representation: Lee Southwell State Bd. of Workers' Comp., Atlanta.

    Case Number: A06A0397

    The any evidence standard did not apply to the superior court's legal interpret of O.C.G.A. § 34-9-245 as a statute of repose, rather than as a statute of limit

  • AutoNation Fin. Servs. Corp. v. Arain

    Publication Date: 2003-12-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chloe E. Dallaire Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Atlanta, Daniel F. Katz, Suzanne H. Woods and Beth A. Levene Williams & Connolly, Washington D.C., for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce F. Morriss Morriss, Lober & Dobson LLC, and Sidney L. Moore Jr., Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1332

    The defendant finance company could rely on arbitration clause in installment sales contract that was signed by plaintiff and third party car dealership since finance company and dealership were sue

  • Dodd v. Scott

    Publication Date: 2001-06-29
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert A. Weber Jr. Smith, Gilliam & Williams, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Armstrong III Stewart, Melvin & Frost, Gainesville, for appellees.

    Case Number: A01A0172

    A jury question remained as to whether decedent's daughter and her husband held six acres in a constructive trust for decedent's e

  • St. Mary of Egypt Orthodox Church Inc. v. Townsend

    Publication Date: 2000-05-26
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carrie L. Christie, Vincent A. Toreno Christie, Toreno & Hatcher LLP and E. R. Lanier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Anne M. Landrum and W. Wray Eckl Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A1838

    The trial court had no authority to consider whether the defendants were members in good standing with the power to participate in the affairs of their parish church because the church was subject t

  • December 9, 2011 | Daily Report Online

    'Vegas' legal malpractice assignments should be banned

    For more than 30 years my firm has concentrated on suing and defending lawyers charged with legal malpractice and in defending State Bar grievances against lawyers. Recently, the Georgia Cour

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  • November 23, 2010 | Daily Report Online

    Court issues important ruling on interpreters

    A divided Georgia Supreme Court has sent the case of a Malaysian woman convicted of cruelty to children back to the lower court, ruling that the trial judge should have explained his refusal

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  • October 2, 2006 | Legal Times

    Inadmissible: Ghost of Shaw Pittman Haunts Pillsbury; Military Commissions Bill Leaves Unresolved Issues; plus more...

    � Ghost of Shaw an Haunts PillsburyWhen James Rishwain Jr., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw

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  • March 27, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    Court Holds Spouse Can't Consent to Search

    A man's home is still his castle, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week, declaring a Georgia w

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  • February 3, 2012 | Daily Report Online

    Bill allowing garnishments by non-lawyers would infringe on Georgia Supreme Court's power

    As a follow-up to your Jan. 17 article titled "Bar won't weigh in on garnishments," I write to bring to your attention an important and much broader separation of powers issue that is implica

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  • February 3, 2003 | Legal Times

    The Man Inside the Power Broker

    Vernon Can Read!by Vernon E. Jordan Jr.with Annette Gordon-Reed(Basic Civitas Books, 352 pages, $16)During first my year of law school, o

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