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  • Hargis v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathanael Horsley, Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Langley, District Attorney, and Cathy Cox-Brakefield, Assistant District Attorney, Blairsville, for appellee. Other party representation: Kyle Wallace Alston Bird LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A12A1622

    Asserting a disqualification in a motion for new trial before the same judge who is alleged to be disqualified without also asking the judge to recuse from hearing the motion for new trial, as was d

  • Murtagh v. Emory Univ.

    Publication Date: 2013-04-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren Goodhart Goodhart Law Firm, Jami Kohn Weinstock & Scavo PC, and Mark Spix, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Todd Wozniak, Lindsey Edelmann Greenberg Traurig LLP, and Theodore Eichelberger Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A2127

    The trial court erred in its imposition of a $15K fine, since it constituted an adjudication of criminal contempt in excess of $500 per act authorized under O.C.G.A. § 15-6-8 subsect

  • Synovus Bank v. Griner

    Publication Date: 2013-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Collins Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Michael Terry, Mary Webb Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, James Finley Finley & Buckley, Atlanta, Gerald Davidson Mahaffey Pickens Tucker LLP, Lawrenceville, and C. Ronald Ellington, Athens, for appellees. Amicus: William Custer Bryan Cave LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A12A1822

    The question of whether the overdraft and overdraft protection fees at issue constituted interest under Georgia law could not be determined at the pleadings stage, given the broad definitions of int