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  • The Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of Christ Church in Savannah v. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ga. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul W. Painter Jr. Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams LLP and Neil A. Creasy Simpson & Creasy PC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: James A. Elliott Elliott & Blackburn PC, Valdosta, Thomas A. Withers Gillen, Withers & Lake LLC, Savannah, Mary E. Kostel The Episcopal Church, David B. Beers and Richard A. Arculin, Washington, D.C., for appellees.
    Case Number: A10A1375

    The National Episcopal is entitled to control local property, despite the fact that a parish church owns the property, since the discipline, canons and constitutions of the National Episcopal

  • Lowry v. Cochran

    Publication Date: 2010-06-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Groth, Laura D. Johnson Groth & Makarenko, Suwanee, and Robert M. Malcom Preston & Malcom, Monroe, for Lowry. William M. Akin Akin & Tate LLC, Cartersville, for Cochran. William C. Anderson Downey & Cleveland, Marietta, for Johnson. David G. Archer Archer & Lovell PC, Cartersville, for the city of Euharlee. Other party representation: Lance T. McCoy The McCoy Law Firm, Cartersville.
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    Case Number: A10A0929; A10A0930; A10A0931; A10A0932

    A city was immune from liability under the Recre l Property Act for the plaintiff's injuries during a skydiving demonstr

  • Pounds v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2010-04-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Pitts Carr Carr, Tabb, Pope & Freeman LLP, Atlanta, and Hylton B. Dupree Jr. Dupree & Kimbrough LLP, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David H. Flint Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP, Michael Weinstock, Richard V. Merritt Weinstock & Scavo PC, Dwight J. Davis King & Spalding, Leo E. Reichert, F. Berry McCabe, Atlanta, Harbert S. Gregory Jr. Brock, Clay, Calhoun & Rogers PC, Robert B. Silliman Awtrey & Parker, Marietta, and S. Lester Tate III Akin & Tate, Cartersville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A10A0497

    The trial court erred in allowing an EMC to adopt a bylaw amendment providing for proxy voting at future meetings, because the amendment was contrary to the terms of a settlement agreement between

  • Lawrence v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-02-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
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    Case Number: A07A1982; A07A1983; A07A1984; A07A1985

    Under the circumstances, the 14-month delay did not violate the defendants' constitutional speedy trial r

  • Thornton v. Mankovitch

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James T. McDonald Jr. and Jamie P. Woodard Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Roy B. Roberts, Marietta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A2003

    The plaintiff lacked standing to sue, since the Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee's settlement of the estate resulted in the corporation becoming de

  • Lenhardt v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-01-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Earl D. Clark Jr., Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Stokely, Solicitor General, Seay VanPatten-Poulakos, Chief Assistant Solicitor, Monica N. Hamlett, Assistant Solicitor, and Sandra N. Wisenbaker Coweta County Solicitor's Office, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2099

    The arresting officer acted reasonably in refusi defendant's request for an independent blood test at a hospital in downtown Atlanta, given the significant time and distance involved in travel

  • Gatewood v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-02-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael G. Schiavone Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rene J. Martin III, District Attorney, and Anthony A. May, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2391

    Defendant's admission that he took photographs of the victims' breasts and photographs of the nude victims together supported his conviction for count 8 of his indictment which concerned the creati

  • Joel v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Head, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie C. Abernathy, Solicitor, and Laura A. Janssen, Assistant Solicitor General, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1201

    Arresting officer's refusal to accommodate defendant's request for an independent blood test based on the officer's unfamiliarity with the area in which the requested hospital was located was not ju