• Vantage Cancer Centers of Georgia, LLC et al. v. Georgia Department of Community Health et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-20
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Robert Blackwell, William Joseph Repko, III, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Charles L. Gregory, John Warner Ray, (Ray & Gregory, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Kemmerly Eckrote, Daniel Stephen Walsh, Christopher M. Carr, Charles K. Thimmesch, Jeffrey William Stump, Andrew Bain McClintock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Robert Michael Rozier, Dorothy Hubbard Cornwell, (Baker & Hostetler LLP), Atlanta, Robert Sparks Highsmith, Jr., Allen Andre Hendrick, Talis Colgan Trevino, Laurie Wells Trompeter, (Holland & Knight LLP), Nashville, for appellee; Armando Luis Basarrate, II, David Boone Darden, Jameson B. Bilsborrow, (Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: S23G0405

    Court clarifies standard of review that Community Health Commissions must apply in evaluating hearing officer's factual findings in an application for a health care Certificate of Need

  • Florida Rock Industries, Inc. v. Clayton County Board of Commissioners et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-23
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Mining and Resources
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Robert Blackwell, William Clay Massey, Shannon Nicole Vreeland, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amy Bryant Cowan, Dana Kristin Maine, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22C1102

    Court denies petition for certiorari filed by a mining company seeking review of the denial of two applications for conditional use permits.

  • Alston & Bird, LLP v. Hatcher Management Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-09-07
    Practice Area: Damages | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Robbins, Jason Alloy, Jeremy U. Littlefield, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harmon W. Caldwell, Jr., Harry W. MacDougald, Jeremy Mark Moeser, Christine O'Connell Dial Buckler, Lauren Jill Miller, (Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & Deloach, LLP), Atlanta, for Appellee; Mark David Johnson, Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, Rocco Eugene Testani, (Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Michael James Eshman, (Eshman Begnaud, LLC), Decatur, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope LLP), Canton, for Amicus Appellee; Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for Other Party.

    Case Number: S20G1419

    Trial Court Provided Reasoned Explanation

  • Georgiacarry.Org., Inc. et al. v. Atlanta Botanical Garden, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Baird Carpenter, James Charles Grant, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Peter Crane Canfield, Brian Charles Lea, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Henry R. Chalmers, Andrew Clay Stevens, (Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.

    Case Number: S18G1149

    Private Lessee of Public Property May Not Exclude Persons Carrying Firearms Unless Lease Conferred Present Estate to Lessee

  • Chrysler Group LLC n/k/a FCA US LLC v. Walden et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-25
    Practice Area: Damages | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Grant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Otho Brantley, Mary Diane Owens, Bradley S. Wolff (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta; Thomas H. Dupree Jr., Rajiv Mohan (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karsten Bicknese, Robert Howard Betts (Seacrest, Karesh, Tate & Bicknese, LLP), Atlanta; James E. Butler Jr. (Butler, Wooten Cheely & Peak LLP), Atlanta; James Edward Butler III (Butler Tobin LLC), Atlanta; Cathy Cox (Mercer Law School), Macon; George C. Floyd (Floyd & Kendrick LLC), Bainbridge; Leigh Martin May (Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer), Atlanta; Michael Brian Terry, Frank Mitchell Lowrey IV (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta; David Thomas Rohwedder (Butler Wooten & Peak LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Michael Roger Boorman (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta; Brian David Boone, Kyle G.A. Wallace, Caroline M. Rawls, William Herman Jordan (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta; Christopher Randall Jordan (Hunter Maclean Exley & Dunn), Brunswick; Martin Adam Levinson (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta; Garret Warrington Meader (Drew ECKL & Farnham LLP), Brunswick; James Randolph Evans, Anthony Wyatt Morris (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, for amicus appellant. Matthew Britt Stoddard (The Stoddard Firm), Atlanta, for amicus appellee. Therese S. Barnes (Georgia Supreme Court), Atlanta, for other party. Ashby K. Fox, Louis G. Fiorilla (Burr & Forman LLP), Atlanta; Forrest S. Latta (Burr & Forman LLP), Mobile; D. Victor Reynolds, John Stuart Melvin, Michael Scott Carlson, John Richard Edwards, Amelia Greeson Pray (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for neutral amicus.

    Case Number: S17G0832

    The Court of Appeals did not err in affirming the trial court's decision finding that the compensation of the CEO of a car manufacturing company was admissible in a wrongful death suit because the prejudicial effect of the evidence did not outweigh its probative value pursuant to Rule 403.

  • November 1, 2017 | Daily Report Online

    Amicus Author Warns of 'Chilling Effect' After Justice's Recusal

    “Should the court not have friends?” asked the author of an amicus brief that led to demands that a justice recuse.

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  • October 30, 2017 | Daily Report Online

    Here's Why Justice Peterson Recused From Gag Order Case

    An attorney who filed an amicus brief in the case will serve on the election campaign committee for Peterson.

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