• City of Atlanta v. Southern States Police Benevolent Assoc. of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry D. Fellows Jr. and Laurie E. Dugoniths Fellows, Johnson & La Briola LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Norman J. Slawsky Jacobs & Slawsky, Mary C. Cooney, Atlanta, and Grady K. Dukes, McDonough, for appellees.

    Case Number: A05A1131

    The boards of three city of Atlanta defined benefit pension plans have the authority to hire a third party administrator to handle the administration of the pension benefits and to obtain advice fro

  • Bhindi Bros. v. Patel

    Publication Date: 2005-09-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grover C. Bailey, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles A. Ratz and Andrea Bennett Gilliland, Ratz & Browning PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0996

    Res judicata did not bar the plaintiff's claims for past due rent and other damages in its suit for breach of a lease, because the plaintiff raised those claims in its prior dispossessory suit and t

  • Dorsey v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn R. Keyes, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, and John E. Floyd Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta.

    Case Number: S05A0897

    The state was entitled to theorize to the jurors that former DeKalb County Sheriff Sidney Dorsey killed Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown in order to prevent Brown from investigating and uncovering evidenc

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  • In the Interest of S. J.

    Publication Date: 2004-12-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David P. Smith, Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Betty R. Blass Edwards, Friedwald & Grayson, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A0836

    The evidence did not support the juvenile court's deprivation

  • Moon v. Moon

    Publication Date: 2003-12-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Fletcher Jr. and Michael R. Dunham Gibson, Deal & Fletcher, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick J. Fox McNally, Fox & Grant PC, Fayetteville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S03F0991

    Any error in the trial court's refusal to hear the testimony of the couple's 14 and 13-year-old children at the final hearing on the divorce was harmless since the trial court determined that the mo

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Whitman M. Dodge, Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0114

    Defendant was not entitled to discharge and acquittal because he failed to prove that he properly served the state with his speedy trial demand as required by O.C.G.A. § 17-

  • Henry v. Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, McGhee & Hiers LLP

    Publication Date: 2002-04-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher L. Casey J. Hue Henry PC, and Regina M. Quick, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: in case number A01A2304. Kristine B. Morain, H. Lane Young II, Debra E. LeVorse and Carl H. Anderson Jr. Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, for appellees in A01A2304. H. Lane Young II and Debra E. LeVorse Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, for appellant in case number A02A0450. Wade K. Copeland Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, Christopher L. Casey J. Hue Henry PC, and Regina M. Quick, Athens, for appellee in case number A02A0450.

    Case Number: A01A2304; A02A0450

    Attorney's memorandum summarizing conversations he had with opposing counsel that allegedly demonstrated that a personal animus towards the attorney's client motivated opposing counsel to seek attor