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  • Unified Gov't of Athens-Clarke County, Ga. v. Watson

    Publication Date: 2002-04-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Berryman Jr. McLeod, Benton, Lowery & Meeks, Athens, and Charles N. Pursley Jr. Pursley, Howell, Lowery & Meeks, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Edward Allen Jr. and Richard L. Ford Jr. Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2441

    Evidence showing condemned property's close proximity to the University of Georgia and the city of Athens as well as the deteriorated nature of the immediately surrounding neighborhood allowed the

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-04-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Demetria N. Williams DeKalb County Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Elisabeth G. Macnamara, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Ruth M. Bebko, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1426

    The trial court did not err in excluding unrelated evidence that the murder victim abused his girlfriend and may have kidnapped her at one

  • Dyer v. Honea

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory W. Lancaster Peevy & Lancaster PC, Lawrenceville, for Dyer. William M. Droze Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, Jerry A. Daniels Daniels & Taylor, Dennis L. Collins III, Lawrenceville, and Jonathan J. Wade Webb & Lindsey, Peachtree City, for Joel Honea. Jerry A. Daniels Daniels & Taylor, Lawrenceville, for Robert Honea. Daniel S. Reinhardt and William M. Droze Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, for Wayne Bailey. Other party representation: Walter M. Britt Chandler & Britt, Buford.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A0991; A01A0992; A01A0993

    The pendency of plaintiff's viable claims against other defendants did not bar his legal malpractice claim because the alleged malpractice did not arise out of the defending attorney's handling of a

  • Mangum v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce S. Harvey and David S. West, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, George W. K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0592

    The trial court improperly limited defendant's cross-examination of several of the state's juvenile witnesses as to whether they had pending adjudications that would affect their credib

  • Hawks v. Hinely

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert S. Kraeuter, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles W. Snyder Jones, Boykin & Assocs., Savannah, for appellees. Other party representation: Steven E. Scheer, Savannah.
    Case Number: A01A1184; A01A1185; A01A1186

    The defendants' applications to recall the plaintiffs from public office constituted acts in furtherance of the right to petition the government to redress grievances within the meaning of the anti-

  • SMD LLP v. City of Roswell

    Publication Date: 2001-11-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean R. Smith and E. Adam Webb Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William M. Coolidge III and Richard A. Carothers Carothers & Mitchell, Buford, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A1437

    Plaintiffs' claim for lost profits from the denial of its applications for permits to build nonconforming billboard signs was precluded as too uncertain and speculative in nature since plaintiffs ne

  • Edmondson v. Gilmore

    Publication Date: 2001-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Galen A. Mirate, Valdosta, and Melinda M. Katz, Thomasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . George M. Saliba II, Gregory A. Voyles, Valdosta, and Charles R. Reddick, Homerville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A0838

    The trial court properly dismissed a Georgia couple's adoption petition which would have required relitigation of an Alabama couple's right to adopt the child in que

  • Edmondson v. Gilmore

    Publication Date: 2001-09-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Galen A. Mirate, Valdosta, and Melinda M. Katz, Thomasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . George M. Saliba II, Gregory A. Voyles, Valdosta, and Charles R. Reddick, Homerville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A0838

    The trial court properly dismissed a Georgia couple's adoption petition which would have required relitigation of an Alabama couple's right to adopt the child in que

  • State v. Dodge

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carmen Smith, Solicitor, Jody L. Peskin and Cynthia G. Strong-McCarthy, Assistant Solicitors General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William C. Head, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1497

    Defense counsel's notice of a of absence failed to comply with USCR 16 because he did not give the state 10-days notice that he was requesting a 33-day

  • Hixon v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian M. House, Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, Lafayette, and Leonard C. Gregor Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Ringgold, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1267

    Evidence that def ordered her 13-year-old daughter to have sexual intercourse with one man and intentionally encouraged her daughter to continue a sexual relationship with another supported de