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  • Stinchcomb v. Wright d/b/a Ray Wright Homes Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold T. Daniel Jr., Laurie W. Daniel, Tiffani Z. Moody, Lindsey G. Churchill and Kelli S. Lott Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John C. Rogers, Johannes S. Kingma Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, and James E. Bischoff Bischoff & White PC, Fayetteville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A2253

    The trial court did not err in granting summary judgment to the plaintiff builders on the defendant real estate developer's counterclaim for breach of contract because the defendant failed to presen

  • Amend v. 485 Properties

    Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce P. Brown and Thuy N. Vu McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jill Warner and Peter B. Glass Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05Q1462

    Real estate brokers must prove that they are the procuring cause of a sale in order to recover for the value of their services in quantum m

  • Carden v. Carden

    Publication Date: 2005-10-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Mack Jr., Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald F. DeFoor DeFoor & Jones, and Adam G. Jett Jr. Jett & Liss, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0853

    Consent order involving real property in Fulton county was unenforceable, since it failed to sufficiently identify the property under the statute of f

  • Professional Standards Comm'n v. Alberson

    Publication Date: 2005-05-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Penny Hannah State Law Dep't, Atlanta, William W. Calhoun and Christina L. Folsom Langley & Lee LLC, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. Dunham, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0163

    Some evidence supported the Professional Standards Commission's determination that the superintendent of the Turner county school system violated Interim Ethics Rule 505-2-.03 1 n by brandishing a

  • Howard v. Barron

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary F. McCord, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert W. Lamb and Hannibal F. Heredia, Cartersville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A2007

    The misrepresentation of or failure to disclose the zoning on property for sale cannot serve as a basis for a fraud action, because zoning is a matter o

  • Navajo Constr. Inc. v. Brigham

    Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ravelle D. Smith Vaughn & Evans, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sidney P. Wright, Rome, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A2272

    The trial court erred in granting the defendants' motion for summary judgment where the plaintiff presented a prima facie claim of tre

  • White v. Kaminsky

    Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry A. Ballew, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory J. Digel, Fred R. Slotkin Jr. Holland & Knight LLP and Louis R. Cohan Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2111

    The trial court erred in failing to apply the rules of contract construction to resolve an ambiguity in certain real property covenants with regard to the design and construction of property improve

  • Rhone v. Bolden

    Publication Date: 2004-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James T. McDonald Jr. and Jamie P. Woodard Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, for Rhone and others. Allen W. Bodiford, Stockbridge, and James B. McGinnis, Lawrenceville, for Bolden. Johannes S. Kingma, Shannon M. McKenzie Carlock, Copland, Semler & Stair, and Roger E. Harris Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, for Devlin and others. Other party representation: Richard B. Maner Goodman, Hudnall, Abrams PC, Elizabeth J. Bondurant Carter & Ansley, Atlanta, and Ann J. Herrera Russell & Herrera PC, Decatur.
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    Case Number: A04A1596; A4A1597; A04A1598

    The trial court erred in identifying the contempt as criminal instead of civil, where the parties found in contempt were not punished for their past deeds and could purge themselves of the contempt

  • Timeless Architectural Homes Inc. v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2004-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. McKenzie Jr., Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Taylor W. Jones Taylor W. Jones & Assocs., Atlanta for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2386

    Factual issues remained as to whether the parties mutually mistakenly believed that the city of Atlanta would automatically grant a single-family residential building permit to the defendant on land

  • Rice v. Lost Mountain Homeowners Assoc. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-09-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Andrew Rice and Kathryn W. Rice, Powder Springs, proceeded pro se. Richard W. Calhoun Brock, Clay, Calhoun, Wilson & Rogers, Marietta, for appellees.
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    Case Number: A04A1244

    The plaintiffs' 11-foot-high white vinyl fence violated the restrictive covenants applicable to their