Publication Date: 2016-04-14
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Yancey Jr., Brunswick, for appellant.
for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Lauren S. Lucas Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, John B. Long, Thomas W. Tucker Tucker Long PC, John C. Bell Jr. Bell Brigham, and John R. B. Long, Augusta. John W. Campbell, Ashley D. Alfonso, Frederick O. Ferrand Swift, Currie, McGhee Hiers LLP, Atlanta, Gregory K. Hecht, and Joseph W. Cloud Hecht Walker, Stockbridge, for appellee.
Case Number: S15Q1816
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