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  • Monterey Community Council v. DeKalb County Planning Commission

    Publication Date: 2006-11-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan M. Garrett, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Melanie F. Wilson, Eugene C. Reed, Assistant County Attorneys, Decatur, Mark. W. Forsling, David H. Flint Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint, Atlanta, and Robert A. Burroughs Burroughs & Keene LLC, Lithonia, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1366

    The trial court erred in relying upon an ordinance, which was not properly included in the record, to conclude that a writ of certiorari was the appropriate method of judicial review of the Planning

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Phillips and Joseph C. Kitchings Phillips & Kitchings, Ludowici, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, and Lewis M. Groover Jr., Chief Assistant District Attorney, Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2020

    The defendant was entitled to a directed verdict on a charge that he possessed cocaine with the intent to distribute, since the state failed to present evidence showing a connection between the defe

  • Collier v. Merck

    Publication Date: 2003-05-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry D. Wolfe L. David Wolfe PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles G. Hicks, County Attorney, William J. Linkhous III, Chief Assistant County Attorney, Sam L. Brannen Jr., Assistant County Attorney, Allison L. Byrd and Sonja M. Cox DeKalb County Law Dep't, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A0249

    The defendant's writ of certiorari appealing his conviction for violating a county ordi was fundamentally flawed since the defendant did not include a copy of the relevant ordi

  • Crenshaw v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy A. Moulton Moulton & Massey, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard R. Read, District Attorney, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1927

    Under the totality of the evidence, the jury was free to disregard a defense witness's testimony that only he possessed the co

  • Traicoff v. Withers

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Bruce Hedrick Gray, Hedrick and Edenfield LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Stephen D. Apolinsky and Lori A. Smith Eastman & Apolinsky LLP, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1844

    The owner and manager of an apartment complex were not liable for the death of plaintiff's husband when he was attacked by another tenant because there was no evidence that the attacker had previous

  • Simmons v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry L. Miller and Gee G. Vaughn Mitchell & Mitchell, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert A. Cowan Kinney, Kemp, Sponcler, Joiner & Tharpe, Dalton, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A1939

    Father was not liable under the family purpose doctrine for his 18-year-old son's accident, even though the father owned the wrecked truck, since the son did not live with his parents at the time of