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  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-06-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald P. Word and Jason W. Swindle Word & Simmons PC, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0136

    The trial court did not err in admitting defendant's statement to police that he would identify a major drug player if they let him walk away since there was no evidence that the officers coerced or

  • Vaillant v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2004-05-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tracey A. Moran, East Point, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Marcus Howard Bird & Mabrey PC, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: William D. Temple Temple, Strickland & Counts, Decatur, and Bradley K. Donnell McAfee & Taft PC, Oklahoma City, Okla.
    Case Number: A04A0600

    Plaintiff's only written notice of her injury claim against the city-an "Air Talk" form, which she mailed to an airport's customer service manager-did not substantially comply with statutory anti-li

  • White v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-04-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, Thomaston, Tommy J. Ison and Jamie K. Inagawa, Assistant District Attorneys, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A2206

    The court erred in admitting evidence of defendant's three prior shoplifting convictions during the guilt/innocence stage of

  • Holcim US Inc. v. AMDG Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-03-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott A. Greer, Gregory K. Smith and Peter M. Crofton King & Spalding, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Halsey G. Knapp Jr. and Mary L. Walker Foltz Martin LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A2491

    The ambiguity in a sublease could not be resolved on the r

  • Rucker v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-02-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce S. Harvey, David S. West, Jennifer S. Hanson and David W. Martin Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, Christian A. Pecone and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant District Attorneys, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1797

    The officer acted reasonably and out of concern for his safety when he conducted a pat-down search of the defendant after witnessing unusual movement in the defendant's car and observing large bulge

  • In the Interest of K. N. C. et al, children

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheryl D. Fambrough, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tony D. Coy, Athens, for appellee. Other party representation: David F. Dickinson Dickinson, Mixson & Willis, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1865

    Juvenile court was proper forum to adjudicate custodial grandmother's petition to terminate the mother's parental rights to two of her chi

  • Horne v. Andrews

    Publication Date: 2003-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Audrey Johnson, Jonesboro and Carol R. Horne, College Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas A. Cox Jr. and Kerry A. Lutz Miller & Martin LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1482

    Resolution of a pastor's claims regarding published statements about his failure to follow church discipline, failure to participate in a stewardship campaign and improper use of a church cell phon

  • Bridges v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chester L. Cannon Jr. Smith & Cannon, Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Vaughn, District Attorney, and Russell P. Spivey, Assistant District Attorney, Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0866

    The defendant failed to lay a proper foundation for the introduction of a police report involving an alleged drug raid that he claimed was the basis for an illegal

  • Cole v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel K. Franck Houston County Public Defender's Office, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan R. Tawse Jr., Solicitor General, and Arthur J. Creque, Chief Assistant Solicitor-General, Warner Robins, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0946

    The officer's attempts to accommodate defendant's request for independent testing were not reasonable under the circumst

  • Looney v. M-Squared Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig E. Bertschi Kilpatrick Stockton and George C. Chenggis Richardson & Chenggis, Atlanta, for Looney. Keven K. Kenison Kenison & Dudley and Joel F. Geer, Greeneville, S.C., for M-Squared Inc.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A0614; A03A0615

    The plaintiff could not recover for misappropriation of business opportunities it choose not to p