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  • The State v. Cohen

    Publication Date: 2017-11-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Privacy
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Acting Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard, Jr., Marc A. Mallon, F. McDonald Wakeford, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Steel (The Steel Law Firm, PC.), Atlanta; Bruce H. Morris (Finestone, Morris & White, LLP), Atlanta; Jimmy Dodd Berry (Jim D. Berry, PC), Marietta; Reid Thompson (Reid Thompson Law), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1265

    The trial court partially erred in dismissing charges against a woman and her attorneys arising out of an alleged conspiracy for the woman to secretly video record the defendant in a sexual harassment lawsuit her attorneys filed on her behalf and the subsequent transmission of a demand letter to that defendant.

  • The State v. Peabody

    Publication Date: 2017-11-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Government
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cliff Head (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton; Lara Snow (Cherokee County D.A.'S Office), Canton; Shannon Wallace (District Attorney), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Willingham (Willingham Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1258

    The trial court properly granted former lieutenant's motion to quash an indictment against him for two counts of aggravated cruelty to animals in connection with the hot-car death of his K-9 dog because he was acting within the scope of his official job duties when the alleged crimes occurred and he was therefore entitled to the protections afforded by O.C.G.A. § 17-7-52, including timely notice of the grand jury proceeding and a copy of the proposed indictment, but State failed to comply with those statutory mandates.

  • Gerbert v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Poole Grisham Poole PC, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Kevin McMurry, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert Mooradian District Attorney's Office, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0868

    Because State failed to present sufficient evidence to prove that defendant knew that the sexually explicit images he possessed depicted a minor, which the Court concluded was a requirement under O

  • December 7, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Court of Appeals Rejects Suit Over Mixed-Up Infant Remains

    The Georgia Court of Appeals has rejected, by a 6-1 vote, a lawsuit filed over a hospital's mistake in mixing up the remains of two babies.

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  • December 7, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Court of Appeals Rejects Suit Over Mixed-Up Infant Remains

    The Georgia Court of Appeals has rejected, by a 6-1 vote, a lawsuit filed over a hospital's mistake in mixing up the remains of two babies. About two weeks after the plaintiff, Am

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  • Huff Energy Fund, L.P. v. Longview Energy Co., 04-12-00630-CV (Tex.App. Dist.4 11/25/2015)

    Publication Date: 2015-12-07
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    Date Filed: 2015-11-25
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourth District, San Antonio
    Judge: Sandee Bryan Marion, Chief Justice
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    Case Number: 04-12-00630-CV

    From the 365th Judicial District Court, Zavala County, Texas Trial Court No. 11-09-12583-ZCVAJA Honorable Amado J. Abascal, III, Judge Presiding Sitting en banc: Sandee Bryan

  • November 23, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Homeless Shelter Case Must Be Decided by Jury, High Court Says

    The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that a jury should decide whether there was a conspiracy among several Atlanta business groups and individuals to drive the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless out of business and wrongfully foreclose on the shelter it runs at the corner of Peachtree and Pine streets.

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  • November 23, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Homeless Shelter Case Must Be Decided by Jury, High Court Says

    The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that a jury should decide whether there was a conspiracy among several Atlanta business groups and individuals to drive the Metro Atlanta Task Force for th

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  • Black v. Bland Farms LLC

    Publication Date: 2015-07-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Deputy Attorney General, John Hennelly, Elizabeth Monyak, Assistant Attorneys General, Nowell Berreth in Case No. A15A0042, Kyle Wallace in Case No. A15A0042, and David Stewart in Case No. A15A0042 Alston Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Anulewicz in Case No. A15A1610, Michael Bowers, and Joshua Moore Balch Bingham LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0042; A15A1610

    In Case No. A15A0042, Gary Black, in his official capacity as the Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture the Commissioner, appeals from a trial court ruling declaring

  • Shelnutt v. The Mayor Aldermen of the City of Savannah

    Publication Date: 2015-07-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy McKenzie Karsman, McKenzie Hart, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Shawn Kachmar Hunter MacLean Exley Dunn PC, and W. Brooks Stillwell, Savannah, for appellees.
    Case Number: A15A0381

    The trial court erred in dismissing 50 Savannah firefighters' breach of contract lawsuit against the City alleging that they were paid less than they were owed under the terms of a pay p