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The State v. Britton

Publication Date: 2023-06-02
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice McMillian
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Michael Scott Carlson, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Virginia Lee Davis, Kelcee Nikki Jones-Connor, Jayna Edwards, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Jessica M. Sully, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, Lauren Beth Shubow, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S23A0102

Affidavit Statement in Support of Search Warrant Did Not Contain Material Misrepresentation or Falsehood

Taylor v. The Devereux Foundation, Inc. et al.

Publication Date: 2023-04-13
Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Constitutional Law | Damages | Health Care Law
Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Timothy Rogers, Andrew Timothy Rogers, Kara Elizabeth Phillips William Michael D’Antignac, (Deitch & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, Melvin L. Hewitt, Jr., Hilary Wayne Hunter, (Isenberg & Hewitt, PC), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Joshua Ferber Thorpe, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Matthew Farish Barr, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, Jeff Sandman, (Webb, Daniel, Friedlander, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Maxwell Kent Thelen, Andrew Steven Ashby, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant; Ross Warren Bergethon, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Brian Charles Lea, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Matthew J. Rubenstein, (Jones Day), Minneapolis, Letitia A. McDonald, Robert B. Friedman, Erin Munger, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Anna Sumner Pieschel, Philip S. Goldberg, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP), Atlanta, Washington, David Christopher Hanson, (The Hanson Firm), Atlanta, Anthony J. Sebok, (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law), New York John C.P. Goldberg, (Harvard Law School), Cambridge, for Amicus Appellee; Rosser Adams Malone, (Malone Law Office), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Canton, Rory A. Weeks, (Canella Snyder LLC), Decatur, Jeffrey R. White, (Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C.), Washington, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, James D. Meadows, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, Jacob Edward Daly, Elissa Blache Haynes, P. Michael Freed, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for other party.
Case Number: S22A1060

Statutory Cap on Punitive Damages Does Not Violate State Constitutional Right to Jury Trial

The State et al. v. SASS Group, LLC et al.

Publication Date: 2023-04-13
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law | Government
Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Bethel
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Tina Michelle Piper, Cristina Maria Correia, Christopher M. Carr, Ross Warren Bergethon, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Thomas Daniel Church, (The Church Law Firm, LLC), Roswell, Page Anthony Pate, (Pate, Johnson & Church, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Andrew (Andy) J. Welch, III, Warren Michael Tillery, Brandon Filson Palmer, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), McDonough, John Elwin Stell, Jr., (Smith, , Welch, Webb & White, LLC), Winder, for Neutral Amicus.
Case Number: S22A1243

Suit For Declaratory Relief Naming Both State and County District Attorney as Defendants Was Barred by Sovereign Immunity

March 16, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Not a Penny Over $250K: Court Upholds Georgia's Cap on Punitive Damages

The majority opinion also drew mixed reactions from the justices. Several penned special concurrences, but at least one drafted a partial dissent.

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Sons of Confederate Veterans et al. v. Henry County Board of Commissioners

Publication Date: 2022-11-17
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Kyle King, (Hodges, McEachern & King), Peachtree City, for appellant.
for defendant: Timothy Joseph Buckley, III, Taylor Wayne Hensel, (Buckley Christopher, P.C.), Atlanta, Patrick DeBorde Jaugstetter, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee; Walker L. Chandler, (Attorney at Law), Peachtree City, Mawuli M. Malcolm Davis, (The Davis Bozeman Law Firm), Decatur, for Other Party; Les A. Schneider, Thomas Leland Walker, (Wimberly Lawson Steckel Schneider & Stine, P.C.), Atlanta, Martin Kenneth OToole, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant; Justin Tharpe Holcombe, (Skaar & Feagle, LLP), Woodstock, for Neutral Amicus.
Case Number: S22G0039

Court concludes that an individual has stand to sue for injunctive relief to prevent removal of monuments, but community groups do not.

Camp v. Williams et al.

Publication Date: 2022-10-28
Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Kelly Camp, (Camp & Camp), Douglasville, Bryan Paul Tyson, Bryan Francis Jacoutot, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Leslie Joy Suson, Michael Victor Coleman, Aaron Watson, Jonathan M. Nussbaum, (Thompson Hine LLP), Atlanta, Jeremy Todd Berry, Joseph Jay Siegelman, (Chilivis Grubman Dalbey & Warner, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S23A0073

Superior Court Had Statutory Authority to Reverse County Elections Board's Decision to Place Unqualified Candidate on Ballot

October 6, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Back-to-Back Appellate Cases Challenge Constitutionality of Georgia's Punitive Damages Cap

During Supreme Court of Georgia oral arguments on Wednesday, attorneys challenged the constitutionality of statutory caps on noneconomic damages in the appeals and cross appeals of Taylor, Exr. v. The Devereux Foundation Inc. et al. and Gwinnett Operations LLC et al. v. Michelle McKinney, Administrator.

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September 30, 2022 | Daily Report Online

'Must Be Reversed': Ga. Supreme Court Ruling Nixes Attorney's Standing To Remain on Nov. 8 Ballot

"Code section 21-2-6 allows the challenge here because 'qualifications,' as that term is used in the statute, includes all of the prerequisites for seeking and holding office," read the high court's decision. "The substitute candidate did not properly qualify to seek office, so the Board lacked authority to put him on the ballot."

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September 20, 2022 | Daily Report Online

'He's Not Qualified': Judicial Election Dispute Reaches Georgia Supreme Court

"It's remarkable to me that the government is playing games," said Justice Charles Bethel during oral arguments Tuesday. "I'm not saying you, Counsel—understand that—but the government you represent is playing games with the process of qualifying candidates for office in a democratic society."

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Slosberg v. Giller, et al.

Publication Date: 2022-07-29
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick Skip Sugarman, Matthew Greer Hawk, (Sugarman Law, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Tyler Charles Dixon, (Raiford & Dixon, LLC), Atlanta, Leah Ward Sears, Sasha Nina Greenberg, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Timothy Kyle King, (Hodges, McEachern & King), Peachtree City, Nikola R. Djuric, (Djuric Spratt P.A.), Atlanta for Amicus Appellant.
Case Number: S21G1226

No-Contest Clause Did Not Bar Undue-Influence Claim Against Trust Instrument