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  • Whitmire v. Georgia Power Co.

    Publication Date: 2004-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hardy Gregory Jr., Cordele, Francis L. Morris Jr. Morris, Webster & Corless, Tifton, Bobby L. Cook, Summerville, and Preyesh K. Maniklal Gregory, Christy, Maniklal & Dennis LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hugh B. McNatt McNatt & Greene, Vidalia, John R. Reinhardt Reinhardt & Whitley, Tifton, Charles J. Willcox Moore, Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers, Louis E. Hatcher, Albany, and Robert L. Pennington, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Frank M. Lowrey IV Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A04A0826

    The Utilities Protection Center was not required to provide notice to the owner and operator of a high-voltage overhead power line, where the responsible party affirmatively denied that work would b

  • Hines v. Georgia Ports Auth.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nobel L. Boykin Jr. Jones, Boykin, Stacy & Assocs. PC, for Hines and others. Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, Atlanta, Mary K. Moss, Thomas Mahoney Jr., Thomas J. Mahoney III Ranitz, Mahoney, Mahoney & Moss PC, Savannah, for the Georgia Ports Authority and others. Fred S. Clark Clark, Clark & Steinmetz, Marc G. Marling, David F. Sipple, Robert S. Glenn Jr., Colin A. B. McRae Hunter MacLean, Exley & Dunn, Savannah, Gordon D. Schreck Buist, Moore, Smythe & McGee PA, Charleston, SC, and Stephen H. Vengrow Cichanowich, Callan, Keane, Venegrow & Texto, New York, NY, for Rickmers and others. Amicus appellant: John H. Peavy Jr. Bovis, Kyle & Burch, Atlanta, in S03G1848.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03G1813; S03G1821; S03G1820; S03G1848

    The Georgia Ports Authority is not a state arm entitled to immunity under the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution with regard to the plaintiffs' federal maritime torts c

  • City of Atlanta v. Corey Entertainment Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Linda K. DiSantis, City Attorney, Jerolyn W. Ferrari and Stacy Y. Cole, Atlanta, for the city of Atlanta. Judson H. Simmons, William V. Hearnburg Jr. Smith, Gambrell & Russell LLP, Atlanta, for Barbara Fouch d/b/a Creative Media Displays of Ga. Michael J. Bowers, J. Matthew Maguire Jr., Alexandra E. Chopin Balch & Bingham LLP, Gregory H. Worthy, John W. Harbin and Roger B. Hatcher Jr. Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP, Atlanta, for Corey Entertainment Inc. and others.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04A0932; S04A0934

    The appellee had the right, under the Open Records Act, to disclosure of the appellant's tax returns, which were used to qualify her for certification as a Disadvantaged Business Enter

  • In the Interest of J. T. W.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason K. Hoffman, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0961

    The Court reinstated the biological mother's parental rights because DFACS failed to present any evidence that her child would be seriously affected by her continuing parental relatio

  • Bolden v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-10-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bobby D. Wilson, Roswell, for Bolden. Luana K. Walsh, Atlanta, for Lindsey. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Julie A. Adams, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04A1473; S04A1526

    Defendant's pre-Miranda statement was admissible, even though she made the statement after police transported her to the station in handcuffs, since the handcuffs were merely a safety measure for th

  • In the Interest of D. E.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joan E. Risher, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Jason T. Harper Crumbley & Crumbley, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0965

    The mother's lengthy history of drug and alcohol abuse, her inability to provide a stable living environment and her failure to comply with the terms of the reunification plan supported the termina

  • In the Interest of J. L.

    Publication Date: 2004-09-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Render M. Heard Jr., Tifton, 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, and Warren L. Mixon Mixon & Mixon, Ocilla, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1572

    The mother was not entitled to a hearing prior to approval of the DFACS case plan because she did not formally object within the 10-day period stipulated by the pa

  • RTS Landfill Inc. f/k/a Sanifill of Ga. Inc. v. Appalachian Waste Sys. LLC

    Publication Date: 2004-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry F. Sewell Jr. and Sarah McCormack Long, Aldridge & Norman LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Seaton D. Purdom, Robert G. Brazier and Steven G. Hall Gambrell & Stolz LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A2027

    The Court reversed the grant of declaratory relief to the defendant on its counterclaim concerning the enforceability of an agreement between the parties because the trial court failed to apply the

  • Haugen v. Henry County

    Publication Date: 2004-03-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James L. Haugen, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael A. O'Quinn and Donald A. Cronin Jr. O'Quinn & Cronin, McDonough, for appellees.
    Case Number: S03A1444

    Where the actual cost exceeds the estimated cost of any unfinished pr SPLOST revenue collected in excess of the estimated cost may be used to complete that pr

  • In the Interest of A. L. S. S., a child

    Publication Date: 2003-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brantley J. Swindell McCullough & Swindell, Glennville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, and Sherri P. McDonald Newtton, Smith, Durden, Kaufold & Rice, Vidalia, for appellee. Other party representation: Carol B. Miller, Pembroke.
    Case Number: A03A0953

    The putative father's criminal conviction, his near continuous incarceration during the child's life and his failure to comply with reunification plans supported the termination of his parental r