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  • Stelly v. DeLoach

    Publication Date: 2022-04-25
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: 21-0065

    A purchaser of real estate, who filed suit against the seller and won at trial, successfully proved that the appellate court erred in reversing and finding in favor of the seller.

  • Brown v. Davenport

    Publication Date: 2022-04-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Supreme Court
    Judge: Judge Gorsuch
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    Case Number: 20-826

    Federal court must apply both Brecht and AEDPA before granting habeas relief to state prisoner

  • Cook v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Lorraine Leslie, (The Leslie Group, LLC), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ross Warren Bergethon, William Wright Banks, Jr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Oliver Jackson Browning, Jr., (Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cedartown, for appellee; Jill Anderson Travis, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, Peter J. Skandalakis, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia), Morrow, James C. Bonner, Jr., (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S21A1270

    Criminal Defendant Alleging Deprivation of Right of Appeal Due to Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Must Seek Habeas Relief

  • McInerney v. McInerney

    Publication Date: 2022-04-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Paul Johnson, Elizabeth Esther Berenguer, (Johnson, Kraeuter & Dunn, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew McLean Wilkes, William C Phillips, (Oliver Maner, LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1068

    Superior Courts Can Transfer or Dismiss Divorce Cases Under Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-03-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tracy S. Drake, Scott Andrew Drake, (Drake Estes Law Firm LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, William C. Enfinger, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0170

    Court affirms conviction for felony murder over defendant's contentions of trial court error in admitting certain evidence and not conducting an evidentiary hearing

  • In Re Eagleridge Operating

    Publication Date: 2022-03-28
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Devine
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    Case Number: 20-0505

    A gas-line operator, that was sued for personal injury and sought to designate the previous operator responsible, failed to prove that it was entitled to relief.

  • Salomon v. U.S. Tennis Assn

    Publication Date: 2022-03-24
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Lucy Billings
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    Case Number: 153060/2015

    Court Partly Denies USTA's Motion to Compel Disclosure of Authorizations

  • Black Voters Matter Fund Inc. et al. v. Kemp et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Court Administration | Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Thomas Rhodes, Samuel Aaron Emas, (Hunter Rhodes LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Barrett Belinfante, Vincent Robert Russo, Jr., Javier Pico-Prats, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, Holly Anne Pierson, (Pierson Law LLC), Atlanta, Russell David Willard, Lee M. Stoy, Jr., Christopher M. CarrBryan Keith Webb, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Wayne Brown, Samuel Ethan Meller, (Augusta Law Department), Augusta, George R. Hall, William James Keogh, III, James Christopher Driver, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, Barry Abbott Fleming, Frank Adam Nelson, Paul Simon Patterson Williams, (Fleming & Nelson, LLP), Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1263

    Voter Advocacy Organization Lacked Standing to Challenge Legislation Splitting Judicial Circuit Into Two New Circuits

  • Christiansen v. Menna

    Publication Date: 2022-03-17
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Genine Edwards
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 515033/19

    Issue of Fact Exists as to Whether Podiatrist Proximately Caused Injuries

  • Cabral v. Rockefeller Univ.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-14
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Construction | Education
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Sabrina Kraus
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    Case Number: 156724/2016

    Issues of Fact Exist on Whether Hydraulic Piston Was Defectively Designed