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  • Allen v. Sea Gardens Seafood Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-03-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig T. Jones Page Perry LLC and Robert B. Jackson IV, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Adam S. Poppell III, Darien, James A. Chamberlin Jr., Brunswick, and Mary J. L. Volkert, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A1912

    Even if the purported consent judgment could be construed as an order enforcing the parties' settlement agreement, the trial court impermissibly modified the permit provision by eliminating its func

  • Clay v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-03-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph W. Vigneri, Atlanta, and Jason R. Clark, Georgia Capital Defender, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn L. Johnson, District Attorney, Woodbine, Jonathan R. Miller III, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, Andrew J. Ekonomou The Lambros Firm LLC, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A1956

    The trial court erred in concluding that the defendant's audio-recorded custodial interview was admissible in the state's case-in-chief even though it was obtained in violation of Mi

  • Goodson v. Ford

    Publication Date: 2012-03-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford W. Harpe Jr., Cordele, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James H. Edge and David A. Garland Moore, Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers PC, Albany, for appellees.
    Case Number: S11A1740

    The trial court properly found that the defendants' interest in the property was in the nature of an easement rather than legal

  • Crowe v. Elder

    Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas M. Strickland, Watkinsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Edward Allen Jr. and Kevin E. Epps Fortson, Bentley and Griffin PA, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11G1069

    Res judicata barred the plaintiff's breach of contract action involving the distribution of her father's e

  • Hill v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-02-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney S. Zell Zell & Zell PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Joshua D. Morrison, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A1914

    The officer's testimony that the defendant declined an opportunity to make a written statement did not constitute an impermissible comment on the defendant's invocation of the right to si

  • Robbins d/b/a Supermarket Specialty Products v. Supermarket Equip. Sales LLC

    Publication Date: 2012-02-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
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    Case Number: S11A1435; S11A1583

    The trial court undermined the exclusivity of the Georgia Trade Secrets Act GTSA by providing the appellee the same relief based on the same conduct under O.C.G.A. § 9-5-1 after finding that the mis

  • Walker v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-02-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth R. Croy Kenneth R. Croy & Assocs., Marietta, and Christopher R. Geel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, John R. Edwards, Allen R. Knox, Anna G. Cross, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Dana E. Weinberger, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A1492

    The state had a statutory right under O.C.G.A. § 17-7-130.1 to call its mental health expert to rebut the testimony of the defendant's expert who testified regarding the defendant's mental state at

  • Wilkie v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-01-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert H. Citronberg and Michael D. Mann, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Lenny I. Krick and Brett E. Pinion, Senior Assistant District Attorneys, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A1463

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in ruling that the presumptive prejudice arising from the 5.5-year delay in bringing the defendant to trial was insufficient to establish a violation of

  • 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

  • Lytle v.State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Samuel Rael, Atlanta, for appellant. Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, Sheila E. Gallow, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11A1226

    No evidence showed an actual conflict in representation solely because the same public defender's office represented multiple co-indi