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  • GeorgiaCarry.org v. Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-05-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Michael L. Brown and David B. Carpenter Alston Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0294

    The trial court erred in dismissing a petition for declaratory and injunctive relief as to the Atlanta Botanical Garden's prohibition of weapons on its pre

  • SJN Props. LLC v. Fulton County Bd. of Assessors

    Publication Date: 2015-04-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John F. Woodham Woodham Law LLC, Robert D. Feagin, Atlanta, and Irwin W. Stolz Jr. Hurt Stolz LLC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . R. David Ware, Cheryl M. A. Ringer, Shalanda M. J. Miller Fulton County Attorney's Office, and Cary Ichter Ichter Thomas LLC, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellees: Glenn R. Thomson Alston Bird, Atlanta, and Clark R. Calhoun Alston Bird LLP, Los Angeles, Calif..
    Case Number: S14A1493

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to the Fulton County Board of Assessors in a taxpayer's lawsuit challenging the Board's valuation methodology in connection with ad valorem taxes a

  • Atlanta Oculoplastic Surgery PC v. Nestlehutt

    Publication Date: 2010-04-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan C. Peters, Melissa B. Johnson Peters & Monyak LLP, Thomas S. Carlock and Eric J. Frisch Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael B. Terry, Sarah M. Shalf Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, James D. Summerville The Bird Law Group PC, Frank A. Ilardi Houck, Ilardi & Regas LLC and Rosser A. Malone, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S09A1432

    The damage cap in O.C.G.A. § 51-13-1 unconstitutionally infringed upon the right to a jury trial, because it undermined the jury's basic function as factfinder by nullifying any portion of a jury's

  • Smith v. Hallum

    Publication Date: 2010-03-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter M. Britt and Luther H. Beck Jr. Chandler, Britt, Jay & Beck LLC, Buford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nowell D. Berreth, Jay D. Bennett Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Ethel D. Anderson Anderson, Davidson & Tate, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1790

    No clear and convincing evidence showed that modification of an irrevocable trust was warranted by a beneficiary's alleged attempt to kill the settlor's

  • Condra v. Atlanta Orthopaedic Group PC

    Publication Date: 2009-07-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geoffrey E. Pope Pope & Howard PC, Ralph I. Knowles Jr. Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Devine LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Daniel J. Huff, Camille N. Jarman Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Robert P. Monyak and Jeffrey S. Bazinet Peters & Monyak LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellant: James D. Summerville The Bird Law Group PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S08G1833

    O.C.G.A. § 24-9-67.1 places particular emphasis on a proffered medical expert's professional experience and practice in assessing his or her qualifications to serve as an expert witness and it would