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  • Presbytery of Greater Atlanta Inc v. Timberridge Presbyterian Church Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra A. Golymbieski and Robert E. Wilson Wilson, Morton & Downs LLC, Decatur, for appellant. Michael C. Kendall and Maureen E. Murphy Talley, French & Kendall PC, Douglasville, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: David H. Gambrell, Linda A. Klein and John Hinton IV Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, Forest A. Norman Gallagher Sharp, Cleveland, Ohio, Christopher J. Cox and Alexandra Fellowes Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Redwood Shores, Calif. Amicus Appellee: John C. Bell Jr. Bell & Brigham, David E. Hudson, Patrick J. Rice Hull Barrett PC, John B. Long, A. Montague Miller, Thomas W. Tucker Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier, Augusta, and Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia.
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    Case Number: S11G0587

    Applying neutral principals of law, a local church assented to the relinquishment of its property rights when it affiliated with the Presbyterian Church USA in 1983, and an implied trust in favor o

  • Spurlock v. Department of Human Resources

    Publication Date: 2010-02-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott E. Spurlock, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Martin L. Fierman, Eatonton, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mark J. Cicero, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and John R. Sikes, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1475

    The trial court applied a high income deviation from the presumptive child support award without making all of the required findings under O.C.G.A. § 19-6-1

  • Mayo v. Head

    Publication Date: 2006-06-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne S. Tartline and Douglas J. Davis Belli, Weil, Grozbean & Davis LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Kay Baker, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A0549

    Pr ors have broad discretion in determining whether to pr e an particular case and the appellants failed to show that the pr or in this case abused his discretion in deciding not to p

  • Wallace v. Bock

    Publication Date: 2005-10-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne S. Tartline, Douglas J. Davis Belli, Weil, Grozbean & Davis LLP, Atlanta, and Kyle G. A. Wallace, Harrison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ted Marcus, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05G1101

    The Court of Appeals erred in relying on the merger doctrine to hold that the parties' subsequent escrow agreement extinguished the plaintiff's claim against the defendant for breach of a contract t

  • Coweta County v. City of Senoia

    Publication Date: 2002-11-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Mitchell Powell Jr. and Jerry A. Conner Glover & Davis PA, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew J. Whalen III, Virginia S. Martin Mullins, Whalen & Westbury, Griffin, George C. Rosenzweig and Sara A. Evans Rosenzweig, Jones & MacNabb PC, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0959

    A proposed 50-foot buffer along the common boundary between the city and the county did not violate the parties' annexation agreement that all developed lots on the boundary had to be at least 1.6 a

  • Horwitz v. Weil

    Publication Date: 2002-09-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth P. Johnson and Carl S. Pedigo Jr. McCorkle, Pedigo & Johnson LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dwight T. Feemster and Matthew M. Bush Duffy, Feemster & Lewis, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1073

    Provision in property settlement agreement requiring ex-husband to pay ex-wife up to $50,000 of the net proceeds from the sale of the marital home or on April 1, 2001, was ambiguous, but enforc

  • Before: Mazzarelli, J.P., Renwick, Richter, Gische and Clark, JJ.

    Publication Date: 2013-10-17
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Matter of Jeffrey M. Sondel, an attorney and counselor-at-law
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    Case Number: M-5652

    Decided: October 1, 2013Jorge Dopico, Chief Counsel, Departmental Disciplinary Committee, New York (Kevin E.F. O'Sullivan, of counsel), for petitioner.Respondent pro se.

  • Weil, Gotshal Manges LLP v. Fashion Boutique of Short Hills, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-12-12
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York County
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    Supreme Court Justice Lowe Counterclaim-defendants Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (Weil Gotshal), Helene Jaffe, and Robert Sugarman move, pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (1) and (7)

  • SAMMY EL JAMAL, res, v. JAMES WEIL, ap

    Publication Date: 2013-04-02
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION: SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Skelos, J.P.; Leventhal, Hall and Lott, JJ.
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    SAMMY EL JAMAL, res, v. JAMES WEIL, ap — Application by the appellant pursuant to 22 NYCRR 670.8(d) (2) to enlarge the time to serve and file a reply brief on an appeal from an orde

  • SAMMY EL JAMAL, ETAL., ap, v. JAMES A. WEIL res

    Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION: SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    Judge: D. Angiolillo, J.P.; Hall, Roman and Hinds-Radix, JJ.
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    SAMMY EL JAMAL, ETAL., ap, v. JAMES A. WEIL res — Motion by the respondents to dismiss an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, dated June 7, 2012, for fail