• 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

  • Crenshaw v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Dowell, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Melanie Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0399

    Trial counsel's failure to object to references to defendant's silence did not contribute to the outcome of his trial, given the evidence of his

  • Steele v. Georgia Dep't of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2005-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis T. Cathey, David A. Sleppy Cathey & Strain, Cornelia, and Matthew T. Allen, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, Loretta L. Pinkston and Robert C. Edwards, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A1626

    The DOT is not exempt from liability for failing to conform a roadway's shoulder slope ste to generally accepted engineering and design standards after road-widening projects increased the st

  • Garmon v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-10-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey S. Purvis Tanyard Oaks, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny A. Penn, District Attorney, and Sandra A. Partridge, Assistant District Attorney, Cumming, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A1560

    O.C.G.A. § 16-13-31 e 3 mandates a 25-year sentence for trafficking in more than 400 grams of methamphet

  • In the Interest of M. M.

    Publication Date: 2003-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Rabb Wilkerson III, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: in A03A1174. Lisa J. Allen, APO, AE, for appellant in A03A1175. Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Walter G. Sammons Jr., Warner Robins, for appellee. Other party representation: Jon A. Nixon, Warner Robins.

    Case Number: A03A1174; A03A1175

    The evidence did not support termination of the mother and father's parental rights where there was no evidence of continuing domestic abuse and both parents cooperated with DFACS, maintained stable

  • City of Atlanta v. Yusen Air & Sea Serv. Holdings Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Hunter, Jason P. Wright, Cheryl A. Barnes and Laurie W. Daniel Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John M. Harris Jr. and Kirby A. Glaze Glaze, Glaze, Harris & Arnold PC, Jonesboro, for appellees.

    Case Number: A03A1230

    The city of Atlanta's declaration of taking violated O.C.G.A. § 32-3-6, because the authorizing ordinance allowed the City Attorney to choose between two alternative taking me

  • Georgia Oilmen's Assoc. v. Georgia Dep't of Revenue

    Publication Date: 2003-06-13
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Turner and Lou Litchfield Schulten, Ward & Turner LLP, Atlanta, for Georgia Oilmen's Assoc. Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Deputy Attorney General, William W. Banks Jr. and John B. Ballard Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for Georgia Dep't of Revenue. Other party representation: Mark H. Cohen Troutman Sanders, Fred B. Kitchens Jr. Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Ga. Inc., and Ronald W. Rogers Stack & Rogers, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A03A0474; A03A0475

    Department of Revenue Rule 560-2-4-.02 correctly reflects the plain language of O.C.G.A. § 3-5-31 a and absolutely prohibits malt beverage retailers from buying beer from wholesalers outside of thei

  • Goldston v. Bank of Am. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott R. King and Andrew N. Gross Slater & King, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William J. Linkous Jr., David G. Ross, Nicole J. Wade and Heather E. Harper Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A02A2431

    If proven, the allegations in the plaintiff's complaint were sufficient to show that fraud tolled the 10-year statute of limitation on her claims against a bank involving the bank's management of tr

  • Head v. CSX Transp. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-01-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John S. Taylor, John A. Harp and Jefferson C. Callier Taylor, Harp & Callier, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sandra Gray, James E. Gilson Casey, Gilson & Williams PC, Atlanta, and Ray Patterson University of Ga., Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0146

    Defendant could not challenge an alleged conflict of interest between plaintiff's co-counsel and her partner after judgment was en

  • Lincoln v. Tyler

    Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen E. Lockerman IV Newman, Sapp & Lockerman LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Donald D. Stack and Jonathan L. Schwartz Stack & Assocs. PC, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A02A0938

    Evidence that defendants took inadequate erosion control measures in developing adjacent land and did not respond to tiffs' complaints about flooding on their property supported the fee award t