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  • Young v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-25
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Josh David Moore, Thea Adele Delage, (Office of the Georgia Capital Defender), Atlanta, Brian Stull, (American Civil Liberties Union), Durham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Sabrina Dawn Graham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee. Andrew John King, (Fisherbroyles, LLP), Atlanta, Laurence Shtasel, Taylor Lake, Heidi Crikelair, (Blank Rome LLP), Philidelphia, for Amicus Appellant. Vanessa J. Carroll, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S21P0078

    Requiring Death Penalty Defendant to Prove Intellectual Disability Beyond Reasonable Doubt Not Unconstitutional

  • Love et al. v. Fulton County Board of Tax Assessors et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-24
    Practice Area: Evidence | Tax
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne B. Kendall, (Wayne B. Kendall, P.C.), Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher M. Carr, Julie Adams Jacobs, Alex Fredrick Sponseller, John Scott Forbes,, Joseph Lawton Bearden, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Robert Sparks Highsmith, Jr., Allen Andre Hendrick, Phil James George, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Detriss Thomas, Patrise M. Perkins-Hooker, Kaye Woodard Burwell, Cheryl Melissa Ann Ringer, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, , for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0329

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Dismissing Fulton County Taxpayers' Mandamus Claim Against Board of Tax Assessors

  • Fitts v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert James Beckwith, (The Beckwith Law Firm), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William Patrick Doupé, (Toombs Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomson, Steven Tyler Normandia, (District Attorney's Office for the Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0159

    Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion Shooter's Girlfriend Was Party to His Crimes

  • Lewis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-23
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Stephany Julissa Luttrell, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Smyrna, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0250

    Defendant Did Not Clearly Invoke Right to Counsel During Jailhouse Phone Conversation With Police Detective

  • Collins v. Yellen

    Publication Date: 2021-06-23
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Supreme Court
    Judge: Judge Alito
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-422

    Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 grants FHFA broad authority as conservator to implement rehabilitation plan that prioritizes public's interest over interests of regulated entity

  • California v. Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-06-17
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Supreme Court
    Judge: Judge Breyer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-840

    Plaintiffs lack standing to attack as unconstitutional Affordable Care Act's minimum essential coverage provision

  • Aerotek v. Boyd

    Publication Date: 2021-06-14
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Dispute Resolution | Employment Litigation
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hecht
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-0290

    A recruiting company, that was sued for racial discrimination and retaliation, was able to prove that the trial court erred in denying a motion to compel arbitration.

  • Stewart v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Oliver Jackson Browning, Jr., (Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cedartown, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0074

    Court affirms felony murder and aggravated assault convictions but vacates defendant's sentence due to a merger error

  • Allen, Warden v. Daker

    Publication Date: 2021-06-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0091

    Court affirms habeus order that a defendant was improperly denied a right to have appointed appellate counsel following his convictions for murder and other crimes.

  • Adirondack Council Inc. v. Town of Clare

    Publication Date: 2021-05-25
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
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    Court: Supreme Court, St. Lawrence
    Judge: Justice Mary Farley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Petitioner: Scott B. Goldie, Esq., of counsel, Conboy, McKay, Bachman & Kendall, LLP.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent: Eric J. Gustafson, Esq., of counsel, Pease and Gustafson, LLP.
    Case Number: EFCV-20-158776

    Town's All-Terrain Vehicle Use Law Is Valid; Town Satisfied Its Obligations Under SEQRA