• Mitchell v. Mitchell

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Robert Melton Haygood, Lynch, Harris & Melton LLP, Forsyth, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Karen K. Martin Martin & Martin, Barnesville, for appellees.

    Case Number: S01A1177

    The trial court chose the most equitable solution to a conflict involving five children and five lots when the trial court awarded defendants the property upon which their house was located, even th

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-13
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    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn M. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, and Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S00G1809

    Police report narratives are not admissible under the business re exception to the hearsay rule because they do not have the inherent reliability of other traditional business re

  • May 12, 2010 | Daily Report Online

    JQC member resigns, cites high court interference

    A member of the state Judicial Qualifications Commission has resigned, saying in a letter to Gov. Sonny Perdue that he believes the agency "has surrendered some of its independence" to the ch

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  • May 15, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Supreme Court blocks part of 'tort reform' law

    THE STATE Supreme Court has knocked another brick out of the General Assembly's wall erected to stop certain medical malpractice suits. On Monday, the justices invalidated a state law

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