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  • Hawks v. Hinely

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert S. Kraeuter, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles W. Snyder Jones, Boykin & Assocs., Savannah, for appellees. Other party representation: Steven E. Scheer, Savannah.
    Case Number: A01A1184; A01A1185; A01A1186

    The defendants' applications to recall the plaintiffs from public office constituted acts in furtherance of the right to petition the government to redress grievances within the meaning of the anti-

  • Mitchell v. Mitchell

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Robert Melton Haygood, Lynch, Harris & Melton LLP, Forsyth, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Karen K. Martin Martin & Martin, Barnesville, for appellees.
    Case Number: S01A1177

    The trial court chose the most equitable solution to a conflict involving five children and five lots when the trial court awarded defendants the property upon which their house was located, even th

  • State Soil & Water Conservation Comm'n v. Stricklett

    Publication Date: 2001-11-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Edward Allen Jr. Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Augustus T. Curtis, Athens, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Denise E. Whiting-Pack, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for State Soil and Water Conservation Commission. Kerry S. Doolittle, Watkinsville, for the Strickletts. Other party representation: Mary A. Oakley Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A1364; A01A1365

    A factual question remained as to whether construction of defendants' home substantially interfered with the plaintiffs' nonexclusive easement right to safely operate and maintain

  • SMD LLP v. City of Roswell

    Publication Date: 2001-11-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean R. Smith and E. Adam Webb Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William M. Coolidge III and Richard A. Carothers Carothers & Mitchell, Buford, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A1437

    Plaintiffs' claim for lost profits from the denial of its applications for permits to build nonconforming billboard signs was precluded as too uncertain and speculative in nature since plaintiffs ne

  • Garrett v. Fleet Fin. Inc. of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2001-11-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Wehunt, Stockbridge, for Garrett. John G. Parker Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, and Eric J. Taylor Hunton & Williams, Atlanta, for Fleet Finance. James M. Poe, Lisa N. Higgins, James L. Creasy III Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, and Sean W. Conley, Atlanta, for Baggarly. Other party representation: Dana L. Jackel Awtrey & Parker, Larry W. Ramsey Jr., Charles W. Lane Lane & Lane, Marietta, and R. Wayne Bond Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A2018; A01A2019

    The 3-year statute of repose for claims based on recission under the Truth in Lending Act barred plaintiff's suit to set aside a second mortgage on his property more than four years after he closed

  • Dawson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-10-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas M. West and Robert H. Citronberg, Atlanta, for Dawson. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Susan W. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for the state. Amicus appellant: Emmet J. Bondurant Bondurant, Mixon & Elmore, Robert L. Tsai American Civil Liberties Union, Natsu T. Saito Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, and Amy G. Donnella, St. Davids, Penn.Michael Mears, MultiCounty Public Defender, Stephen B. Bright Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta, and Althea L. Buafo Buafo & Assocs., Macon, for Moore. Timothy G. Vaughn, District Attorney, Eastman, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for the state. Amicus appellant: Emmet J. Bondurant Bondurant, Mixon & Elmore, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01A1041, S01A1210

    The future use of electrocution as a means of executing death sentences in Georgia would violate the Georgia Constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punis

  • Crafter v. State Farm Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2001-09-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas W. Malone, S. Bradley Houck Thomas W. Malone PC, Atlanta, and Gerald S. Mullis Mullis, Marshall, Lindley & Powell, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert R. Gunn II and Thomas P. Allen III Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier, Macon, for appellee. Other party representation: Alfred B. Adams III Holland & Knight, Scott D. Delius Magill & Atkinson LLP, Atlanta, and Melody P. F. Laine Shivers & Assocs., Alpharetta.
    Case Number: A01A1549

    Plaintiff was not entitled to additional UM benefits under the negligent driver's policy because the driver's vehicle could not serve as the uninsured vehicle for the purpose of triggering an entitl

  • Hollifield v. Monte Vista Biblical Gardens Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Wayne Pierce Pierce & Young, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: F. Carlton King Jr. King & Croft, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A1329

    Defendant acted in bad faith by knowingly building structures that encroached on the plaintiffs' property and admittedly violating the county's building code by building the structures too close to

  • Stewart v. Bourn

    Publication Date: 2001-08-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy D. Chambers Chambers, Chambers & Chambers, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John W. Spears Jr., Malane T. Spears Spears & Spears PC, Decatur, and Panos J. Kanes Kanes & Benator, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: John E. Stewart, Smyrna, William O. Johnson Jr., Atlanta, Sarah F. Adams, Jefferson, and Beatrice E. Collier, Chattanooga, Tenn.
    Case Number: A01A0823

    The wrongful death settlement proceeds of a decedent who was survived by siblings and the children of deceased siblings should be distributed according to the laws of descent and distrib

  • Stewart v. Bourn

    Publication Date: 2001-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy D. Chambers Chambers, Chambers & Chambers, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John W. Spears Jr., Malane T. Spears Spears & Spears PC, Decatur, and Panos J. Kanes Kanes & Benator, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: John E. Stewart, Smyrna, William O. Johnson Jr., Atlanta, Sarah F. Adams, Jefferson, and Beatrice E. Collier, Chattanooga, Tenn.
    Case Number: A01A0823

    The wrongful death settlement proceeds of a decedent who was survived by siblings and the children of deceased siblings should be distributed according to the laws of descent and distrib