Filter This View

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S24A0171

    In a sharply divided opinion, court reverses malice murder conviction due to failure to instruct jury on voluntary manslaughter

  • Black Voters Matter Fund Inc. et al. v. Kemp et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Court Administration | Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Thomas Rhodes, Samuel Aaron Emas, (Hunter Rhodes LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Barrett Belinfante, Vincent Robert Russo, Jr., Javier Pico-Prats, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, Holly Anne Pierson, (Pierson Law LLC), Atlanta, Russell David Willard, Lee M. Stoy, Jr., Christopher M. CarrBryan Keith Webb, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Wayne Brown, Samuel Ethan Meller, (Augusta Law Department), Augusta, George R. Hall, William James Keogh, III, James Christopher Driver, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, Barry Abbott Fleming, Frank Adam Nelson, Paul Simon Patterson Williams, (Fleming & Nelson, LLP), Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1263

    Voter Advocacy Organization Lacked Standing to Challenge Legislation Splitting Judicial Circuit Into Two New Circuits

  • Georgiacarry.Org., Inc. et al. v. Atlanta Botanical Garden, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Baird Carpenter, James Charles Grant, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Peter Crane Canfield, Brian Charles Lea, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Henry R. Chalmers, Andrew Clay Stevens, (Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S18G1149

    Private Lessee of Public Property May Not Exclude Persons Carrying Firearms Unless Lease Conferred Present Estate to Lessee

  • Hanham v. Access Management Group L P

    Publication Date: 2019-03-29
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stuart Teague, Jr., Keisha Leigh Martin Chambless, (Teague & Chambless, LLLP), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce A. Taylor, Jr., Jennifer Ellen Parrott, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18G1033

    Court Reveres Lower Court's Opinion That Breach of Contract Could Not Arise from Breach of Obligations Stemming from Course-of-Conduct Modifications to Written Management Agreement