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  • September 27, 2017 | National Law Journal

    Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Discusses Path to the Bench, New Book

    At a time when the country is engaged in an intense dialogue on race relations, a recently released biography tells the story of the first African-American woman to serve as a chief justice on any state supreme court.

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  • June 12, 2014 |

    Queen City Farms, Inc. v. The Central National Insurance Company of Omaha

     Queen City Farms, Inc., Appellant, v. The Central National Insurance Company of Omaha, et al, Respondents827 P.2d 1024COURT OF APPEALS OF WASHINGTON…

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  • June 9, 2014 | Daily Report Online

    State Bar of Georgia Swears in First African-American President

    » Complete Coverage of the State Bar of Georgia Annual Meeting

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  • Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of Christ Church in Savannah v. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neil A. Creasy Simpson & Creasy PC, and Paul W. Painter Jr. Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, Savannah, for appellants. James L. Elliott Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding PC, Valdosta, Thomas A. Withers Gillen, Withers & Lake LLC, Savannah, and Mary E. Kostel The Episcopal Church/Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia, David H. Gambrell, John Hinton IV Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, John E. Tomlinson, Loganville, and Joshua D. Hawley The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, D.C. Amicus Appellee: Jon V. Forehand Allen, Forehand & Adams LLP, Moultrie, Brenda C. Youmas Edwards & Youmas LLC, W. Warren Plowden Jr. Jones Cork & Miller LLP, Macon, William B. Marianes McGuireWoods LLP, and Nicholas C. Moraitakis Moraitakis, Kushel, Pearson & Gardner LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S10G1909

    Neutral principles of law established that the c property at issue was held in trust for the benefit of the parent c

  • Gober v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell D. Durham, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman and Kathryn E. Cozzo, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1924

    The trial court properly admitted a key witness's prior inconsistent statement as substantive evi

  • Cleveland v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-04-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
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    Case Number: A07A1797

    The i tion in the affidavit supporting a warrant for the search of the defendant's home provided sufficient probable cause for the magistrate to issue the warrant and to determine that the

  • Murrell v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-06-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Crowe Lane & Crowe PC, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, and William S. Hart District Attorney's Office, Woodbine, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0978

    The evidence was sufficient to show that the defendant was manufacturing methamphetamine, even though no methamphetamine was found in defendant's house and some of the necessary materials needed for

  • Knox v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-12-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maurice Brown, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, and Alvera A. Wheeler, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2312

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting similar transaction evidence of three previous incidents involving the same fundamental features as the stalking episode for which the defen

  • Johnston v. Ross

    Publication Date: 2003-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John E. Kardos Kardos, Warnes & McElwee, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew J. Hill III and Josh B. Wages Blasingame, Burch, Garrard, Bryant & Ashley, Athens, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1130

    Whether the defendant breached a duty created by the applicable housing code that required handrails on steps leading from the front porch of the home he rented to plaintiff was a jury

  • Shields v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vicki E. Carter, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, and Anna E. Watkins, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1312

    Defendant was not entitled to mistrial after trial court allowed the victim to testify, despite the state's failure to provide defendant with her current address and phone number where defendant nev