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  • West v. Quintanilla

    Publication Date: 2019-04-15
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boyd
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    Case Number: 17-0454

    The parties, former business partners, entered into three agreements: a trading agreement, a purchase agreement, and an oral agreement.

  • Agar Corporation v. Electro Circuits

    Publication Date: 2019-04-15
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Devine
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    Case Number: 17-0630

    Petitioner designed, manufactured and sold measuring devices for use in the oil and gas industry and brought suit against respondent and others for allegedly selling knock-off products.

  • Price v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Alston Pearlman, (Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, Christopher M. Carr, Vanessa Therese Sassano, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Stephen Andrew Bradley, Jeff Preston Burks, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Madison, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1491

    Interrogator's Statements to Defendant Did Not Relate to Charges or Sentences And Therefore Did Not Render Statements Involuntary

  • Park v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert H. Citronberg, Mark Allen Yurachek, (Yurachek & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Ross Warren Bergethon, Tina Michelle Piper, Paula Khristian Smith, Rebecca Jean Dobras, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Vincent James Faucette, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Summerville Firm LLC), Atlanta, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1211

    Statute that required persons designated as sexually dangerous predators to wear GPS devices for life is declared unconstitutional

  • Favors v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Bradley Kleinrock, (Office of The Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Summerville Firm LLC), Atlanta, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1394

    Photo of Gunshot Victim Was Relevant to Show Nature and Bodily Location of Victim's Injuries

  • Brown v. NYC

    Publication Date: 2019-03-22
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Lyle Frank
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 153013/2018

    Discrimination Claims That Were Not Part of a Continuing Violation Are Time-Barred

  • Riley v. State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kurt Allen Worthington, (Fleming & Nelson, LLP), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Henry Wayne Syms, Jr., (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1048

    Further Review Necessary to Determine Whether "Person Unknown" Exception Tolled Statute of Limitations on Non-Murder Charges

  • Virger v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Scott Key, Kayci Nicole Timmons, (Miller & Key PA), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Ryan Reese Leonard, Sean Alexander Garrett, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1538

    Murder and child sexual abuse convictions affirmed over multiple challenges from defendants

  • Beasley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, PC.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1252

    No Ineffectiveness of Counsel For Failing to Maintain Objection Against Application of Habitation Defense to Homicide Victim

  • Elliott v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Jared Thomas Hall, (Thomas, Webb & Willis LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Washington Fleenor, Ethan Merritt Makin, (Athens-Clarke County Solicitor General's Office), Athens, Kenneth W. Mauldin, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee. Daniel J. Sabol, (Luftman, Heck & Associates LLP), Columbus, Donald Timothy Huey, Blaise J. Katter, (Huey Defense Firm), Columbus, for Amicus appellant. Patricia B. Attaway Burton, David Scott McLaughlinm, Paula Khristian Smith, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Jameson B. Bilsborrow, (Department Of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee. Margaret Ellen Heap, (Office of The District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, William Aubrey Finch, (Forsyth County Solicitor General's Office), Cumming, David Holmes, (Cherokee County District Attorney's Office), Canton, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for Neutral Amicus. Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Ross Warren Bergethon, David Scott McLaughlin, Paula Khristian Smith, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Jameson B. Bilsborrow, (Department Of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee. Gilbert Alexander Crosby, Peter J. Skandalakis, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia), Morrow, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S18A1204

    Under Georgia Constitution, Motorist's Invocation of Right to Refuse Blood Alcohol Test Could Not Be Admitted Against Her at Trial