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  • Bailey v. Moten

    Publication Date: 2011-10-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vernon M. Strickland Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellant. Ronald H. Harwell Harwell, Brown & Harwell PC, Orville Shepherd and Graylin C. Ward, Newnan, for appellee.
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    Case Number: S11A01260

    The deed upon which the appellant relied in her quiet title suit did not convey an interest in the property in question, because the deed's description and the referenced plat included only her hous

  • City of Atlanta v. Hotels.com LLP

    Publication Date: 2009-04-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles N. Pope, R. Timothy Morrison, Wade H. Tomlinson III, Neal K. Pope, William U. Norwood III, Michael L. McGlamry Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick & Morrison, Robert M. Travis, John R. Bielema Jr. and L. Lin Wood Jr. Bryan, Cave, Powell Goldstein LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emmett J. Bondurant Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Edward K. Smith, Robin A. Schmahl Jones Day, Atlanta, Carol L. Morris, Alpharetta, James P. Karen, Deborah S. Sloan Jones Day, Dallas, Texas, David F. McDoweel Morrison & Foerster, Darrel J. Hieber Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles, Calif., Karen L. Valihura Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Willington, DE, Elizabeth B. Herrington McDermott, Will & Emery LLP and David J. Stagman Katten, Muchin & Rosenman LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellee. Amicus appellant: Robert C. Lamar, David W. Davenport Lamar, Archer & Cofrin LLP, John W. Crongeyer Vroon & Crongeyer LLP, Susan J. Moore, Ted C. Baggett Georgia Municipal Ass'n, Kevin A. Ross, James F. Grubiak, Michele L. NeSmith, Atlanta, Walter J. Gordon Sr. The Gordon Law Firm, Hartwell, David C. Archer Archer & Lovell PC, Cartersville, Robert M. Brinson, Norman S. Fletcher, J. Anderson Davis, Samuel L. Lucas and Ansel F. Beacham III Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler & Richardson, Rome. Amicus appellee: Charles S. Johnson III and Raymond P. Carpenter Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S08G0568

    The city should not be required to submit to the administrative process set forth in the enabling statutes and hotel t inance, until the threshold legal issue of the applicability of the hotel

  • Thompson v. Allstate Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wilson R. Smith Smith & Jenkins PC, Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Joseph H. Barrow Barrow & Ballew PC, Julie D. Culhane Culhane & Assocs., G. Mason White, James D. Kreyenbuhl Brennan, Harris & Rominger, Savannah, Frederick M. Valz III, Hugh M. Ruppersburg and Ambadas B. Joshi Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Darren W. Penn Harris, Penn & Lowry LLP, Atlanta, and Charles M. Cork III, Macon.
    Case Number: S08G1594; S08G1595

    Although the appellants had to exhaust liability coverage before pursuing UM claims for injuries sustained in the underlying accident, their release did not unambiguously show that the first appella

  • McCreary v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2007-03-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael P. Bain, LeAnne P. Cooper and Warren R. Power Power & Cooper PC, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert S. Highsmith Jr., Heather A. Calhoun Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, and Norman Smith, Barnesville, for appellees.
    Case Number: S07A0137

    A candidate, who lost a primary election, did not timely exercise his statutory right to seek a stay of the general election or petition the Court for an expedited a

  • Simmons v. Sonyika

    Publication Date: 2005-06-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley J. Heller Cirignani, Heller, Harman & Lynch LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason P. Wright Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, and Douglas W. Smith Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05Q0729

    Georgia law does not allow the unrepres estate statute, O.C.G.A. § 9-3-92 to toll the ultimate statute of repose in medical malpractice actions by the period during which the estate is unrepres

  • Strickland v. CMCR Invs. LLC

    Publication Date: 2005-03-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert P. McFarland, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sara L. Doyle and Gregory J. Digel Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A1990

    The plaintiff's claims for ejectment and establishment of a boundary line failed, because he based his claims on a 1901 deed, which was void for lack of a definite legal descri

  • In re UPL Advisory Opinion 2003-2

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Robert E. McCormack III State Bar of Georgia, Harold T. Daniel Jr. Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, and Dennis P. Helmreich, Lexington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus appellant: Teresa W. Roseborough, Allegra L. Lawrence, Deborah M. Danzig and Dara L. Steele- Belkin Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta. Amicus appellee: Kim Holt Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, Richard H. Johnston Richard H. Johnson & Assocs., Atlanta, James M. Griffin U.S. Dep't of Justice, Alexandria, Va., and Adekunle A. Obebe, Baton Rouge, La.
    Case Number: S03U1451

    The Supreme Court approved of the advisory opinion issued in April 2003 by the Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law which provided that only a licensed Georgia attorney can prepare a

  • Colormatch Exteriors Inc. v. Hickey

    Publication Date: 2002-07-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew D. Horowitz and Hall F. McKinley III Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eugene C. Brooks IV Weisenbaker & Brooks, David H. Johnson McCorkle, Pedigo & Johnson LLP, and Russell M. Stookey, Savannah, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Frank O. Brown Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S01G1036; S01G1063

    The 4-year statute of limitation under O.C.G.A. § 9-3-30 on plaintiffs' product liability claims arising out of the use of synthetic stucco in the construction of their home began to run at the time

  • Weir v. Holland & Knight LLP et al., 603204/2007

    Publication Date: 2010-10-27
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    Court: Supreme Court, County of New York - Part 57
    Judge: Justice Marcy S. Friedman
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    Case Number: 603204/2007

    Cite as: Weir v. Holland & Knight LLP et al., 603204/2007, NYLJ 1202473943274, at *1 (Sup., NY, Decided October 25, 2010)Justice Marcy S. Friedmanp cla

  • Weir v. Holland & Knight LLP et al., 603204/2007

    Publication Date: 2010-10-27
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    Court: Supreme Court, County of New York - Part 57
    Judge: Justice Marcy S. Friedman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 603204/2007

    Cite as: Weir v. Holland & Knight LLP et al., 603204/2007, NYLJ 1202473943274, at *1 (Sup., NY, Decided October 25, 2010)Justice Marcy S. Friedmanp cla