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  • Curles v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George P. Donaldson III and Misty D. Garrett Donaldson, Bell & Pickett PC, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, Gregory W. Edwards, Assistant District Attorney, Albany, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1847

    The prosecutor did not violate O.C.G.A. § 17-8-76 during closing argument by improperly referring to the trial court's ability to mitigate the defendant's sentence since the prosecutor did not speci

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-05-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Persse Kicklighter & Persse, Springfield, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rene J. Martin III, District Attorney, Richard A. Mallard, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jennifer S. Gill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0249

    Any error in the trial court's sequential charge on malice m and voluntary manslaughter was harmless since the jury convicted the defendant of malice m

  • Golden Peanut Co. v. Bass

    Publication Date: 2002-05-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay D. Bennett, Candace N. Smith, Paul J. Kaplan Alston & Bird, Emmet J. Bondurant, Michael B. Terry and Frank M. Lowrey IV Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Griffin B. Bell, Benjamin F. Easterlin IV, Michael C. Russ, John P. Brumbaugh King & Spalding, Atlanta, Whitney G. Saunders Saunders, Babineau & Brewbaker LLC, Suffolk, Va., and Wayne S. Weaver Southwestern Peanut Shellers Assoc., Stephenville, Texas, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Evans J. Plowden Jr., Dawn G. Benson, and Charles K. Wainwright II Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless LLP, Albany.
    Case Number: S01G1157

    Contract clause relating to the sale of additional peanuts at a higher than contracted price was not void for violation of federa

  • University Health Servs. Inc., d/b/a Univ. Hosp. v. Long

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wyckliffe A. Knox Jr. Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, and Joseph H. Huff Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas W. Tucker, John B. Long, A. Montague Miller Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier, and John P. Batson, Augusta, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Jack S. Schroder Jr. Alston & Bird, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S01A1658

    When reviewing a hospital's revocation of a doctor's clinical privileges, the trial court had to defer to the hospital's judgment that the doctor mismanaged patient

  • Pimper v. State of Ga., ex rel. Simpson

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert M. Brinson, C. King Askew, J. Anderson Davis, Mark M. Webb Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis, Rome, Theodore J. Sawicki, John G. Goselin II, Craig H. Kuglar Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Edward D. Tolley Cook, Noell, Tolley, Bates & Michael LLP, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Andrew J. Ekonomou, Michael G. Lambros Ekonomou, Atkinson & Lambros LLC, Lewis E. Hassett Morris, Manning & Martin, John E. Floyd Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, William Q. Bird William Q. Bird & Assocs., Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, David S. McLaughlin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Stephen D. Smith Jr. Smith, Price & Wright, Edward Hine Jr., and Fred R. Simpson, Acting District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0946

    The Bankruptcy Court had exclusive jurisdiction over defendants' l of the denial of their motion to dissolve an ex parte temporary restraining order and receivership order to the extent that th

  • In re Reuss

    Publication Date: 2001-05-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and E. Duane Cooper, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Albert N. Remler Remler Law Group PC, Atlanta. Althea L. Buafo, Chairperson Review Panel, Macon. Ronald L. Reid Alston & Bird, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01Y0925

    Attorney who failed to disclose his receipt of more than $93,000 in compensation from his bankruptcy client's wholly owned subsidiary was suspended for two

  • Sawnee Elec. Membership Co. v. Georgia Pub. Serv. Comm'n.

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Orr and Charles B. Jones III Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin C. Greene Troutman Sanders, Helen O'Leary Georgia Pub. Serv. Comm'n., James S. Hurt Consumer Util. Counsel Div., Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Daniel S. Walsh, Harold D. Melton and Robert S. Bomar, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellant: L. Clifford Adams Jr., Peter M. Degnan, Robert J. Middleton Jr. Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Richard G. Tisinger Sr. and Steven T. Minor Tisinger, Tisinger, Vance & Greer, Carrollton.
    Case Number: S00G0945

    The large-load customer choice exemption to the Georgia Territorial Electric Service Act, O.C.G.A. § 46-3-1 et seq., did not apply to a 380-unit apartment complex where electric service to each apar

  • King v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Healan III, Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Madison, District Attorney, Jefferson, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellants: Jack S. Schroder Jr., Angela T. Burnette, Donna P. Bergeson Alston & Bird, Nicholas A. Lotito Davis, Zipperman, Kirschenbaum & Lotito, Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixon & Elmore LLP, Randall L. Hughes Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Richard L. Shackelford King & Spaulding, George E. Duncan Jr. Duncan & Mangiafico, James E. Singer Bovis, Kyle & Burch, Albert M. Pearson III Mills, Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, David A. Cook Medical Assoc. of Ga., Karen L. Duke Promina Health Systems Inc., Robert A. Schapiro, Associate Professor Emory Univ. School of Law, Atlanta, David N. Nelson Chambless, Higdon & Carson, Charles M. Cork III Reynolds and McArthur, Kenneth B. Banks Central Georgia Health Sys. Inc., Macon, Nina M. Svoren Healy & Svoren, Sean A. Black, Toccoa, Carol M. Todd West Georgia Health Sys. Inc., LaGrange, T. Mills, Fleming Hunter, McLean, Exley & Dunn, Savannah, Michael G. Gray Walker, Hulbert, Gray & Byrd, Perry, C. Wade Monk II Shaw, Maddox, Graham, Monk & Boling, Rome, Richard A. Malone, District Attorney, Swainsboro, Charles C. Olson, Staff Attorney, Alvin G. Hollingshed Prosecuting Atty's Council of Ga., Smyrna, Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, Dalton, Leslie C. Abernathy, Solicitor General, Cumming, and Paul M. Kurtz, Professor & Associate Dean University of Georgia, Athens.
    Case Number: S99A1490

    The state's use of O.C.G.A. § 24-9-40 a to subpoena defendant's medical records was unconstitut

  • Forsyth County v. White

    Publication Date: 2000-06-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank E. Jenkins and Peter R. Olson Jenkins & Nelson PC, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Michael J. Bowers, Mark G. Trigg Meadows, Ichter & Trigg PC and Peter M. Degnan Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S00A0528

    Because the county had authority to disapprove requests for further expansion of its sewage treatment plant, the trial court erred in granting a writ of mandamus compelling the county to approve the

  • Northeast Ga. Med. Ctr. Inc. v. Davenport

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas M. Cole Whelchel & Dunlap LLP, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John M. Brown, Augusta, Jack S. Schroder Jr. and Nichole J. Staff Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99G1082

    Hospital met notice requirements for peer review under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act since it informed doctor in writing that it wished to revoke his staff privileges based on recurring p