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  • August 31, 2008 |

    Pro-Business Myth

    Much has been made about a business-friendly Supreme Court. But is the depiction accurate?

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  • Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Auth. v. Doe

    Publication Date: 2008-07-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A1075; A08A1228

    The trial court lacked the jurisdiction to amend its $1.7M judgment to include prejudgment interest, after the defendant filed its notice of a

  • September 30, 2007 |

    Under Review

    <em>Hall Street Associates</em> may restrict judicial reviews of arbitration awards.

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  • June 30, 2007 |

    High Court Tells California to Reconsider Punitive Award

    If there were any lingering doubts about whether the Supreme Court's February 2007 decision on punitive damages in Philip Morris USA v. Williams had teeth, the Court has moved quickly to remove those doubts.

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  • March 20, 2007 | Legal Times

    Kennedy Recuses From Antitrust Case Involving Son's Company

    Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's son Gregory is a managing director of Credit Suisse, the investment banking firm that is a party in a major antitrust case set for argument before

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  • December 4, 2006 | Legal Times

    After Bubble Bursts, Soap Opera Goes On

    Conference Call summarizes the roughly 15 percent of all non-pauper petitions that are the most likely candidates for certiorari. The Supreme Court's jurisdiction is almost entirely d

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  • Soilberry v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael D. Mann, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Raymond C. Mayer, Assistant District Attorney, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A2086

    The officer was authorized to stop the defendant's vehicle after observing a seatbelt viol

  • Denny v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-10-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: D. Scott Cummins Stemberger, Cummins & Arnall PC, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Raymond C. Mayer, Assistant District Attorney, Newnan, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Chad E. Jacobs, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A1252

    The defendant's defense was not antagonistic to his brother's since both denied being at the murder

  • Reagan v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-10-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Wadkins, David E. Webb and Jennifer E. Dunlap Public Defender's Office, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Columbus, and Raymond C. Mayer, Assistant District Attorney, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1057

    The trial court did not reversibly err in denying the defendant's motion for a directed verdict on two m counts, since the jury acquitted the defendant of m

  • July 31, 2006 | Legal Times

    2005-06 Supreme Court: The Advocates' View

    The Supreme Court's 2005-06 term began with a bang and ended with a blockbuster. After a decade-plus of stability, the Court had two new members to unsettle expectations. Chief Justic

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