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  • Cartersville Ranch LLC v. Dellinger

    Publication Date: 2014-05-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S14A0273; S14X0274

    The defendant had a legally enforceable interest in the mineral rights reserved under the terms of a 1918 deed and a 1983 executor's deed of distrib

  • Stanfield v. Alizota

    Publication Date: 2014-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. Outman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Justin B. Grubbs Grubbs Law Firm LLC, Griffin, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: Justin Y. Hester Hester & Hester PC, Norcross. Amicus Appellee: Richard A. Horder Kazmarek Geiger & Laseter LLP, Atlanta, Sherriann H. Hicks The Hicks Law Group, Lawrenceville, and Julie A. W. Wisotsky Wisotsky Law Inc., Jefferson. Other party representation: Anne S. Myers and Lloyd W. Walker, Peachtree City.
    Case Number: S13G0590

    Since the issue of the termination of the father's parental rights was raised for the first time in conjunction with an adoption petition, the doctrine of priority jurisdiction did not deprive the s

  • Young v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-03-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edgar A. Callaway Jr., Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Titus T. Nichols District Attorney's Office, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ryan A. Kolb, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A0241

    The surviving victim identified the defendant as one of several gunmen who broke into her home and fatally shot her boyfriend after demanding money from both victims and putting a handgun in the mou

  • Rollins v. Rollins

    Publication Date: 2014-03-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John J. Dalton, James A. Lamberth, Alan W. Bakowski Troutman Sanders LLP, Lynette E. Smith Chick-fil-A Inc., Sidney L. Moore III, and Katie L. Balthrop Summerville Moore PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . H. Lamar Mixson, Timothy S. Rigsbee, and Lisa R. Strauss Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Ean K. Cullefer Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta. Amicus Curiae: Robert B. Remar Rogers & Hardin LLP, John K. Larkins III Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever LLP, James W. Cobb Caplan Cobb LLP, Atlanta, and Paul W. Painter Jr. Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams LLP, Savannah.
    Case Number: S13G1162

    The Court of Appeals failed to give due deference to the trial court's discretion to require or excuse an accounting of the corporate family entities held within irrevocable t

  • Rose v. Rose

    Publication Date: 2014-03-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Phyllis R. Williams, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniele C. Johnson, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14F0181

    The trial court did not clearly abuse its discretion in awarding primary physical custody of the parties' child to the hu

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-02-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam M. Hames The Hames Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, Jesse D. Evans, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Amelia G. Pray, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Bikoff, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Lawrence W. Daniel, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S14A0158

    Given the overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt, any error in the admission of similar transaction evidence was har

  • Stevenson v. City of Doraville

    Publication Date: 2013-11-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Marcus Edward Howard Pope & Howard PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harvey S. Gray Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: Susan J. Moore Georgia Municipal Association, Atlanta, and James R. Westbury Jr., Griffin.
    Case Number: S12G1316

    The public duty doctrine's limitation on liability is restricted to cases involving police nonfea not police misfea

  • Alexander v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine T. Parvis, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A1562

    The trial court did not improperly comment on the evidence when it sought to clarify a witness's testimony regarding her pre-trial statement to p

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-10-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua D. Earwood, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosemary M. Greene, District Attorney, Cartersville, Stewart D. Bratcher, Assistant District Attorney, Calhoun, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine T. Parvis, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A1298

    The defendant entered a bookstore, which the victim owned and operated, waited until she was alone, then stabbed her to death, taking rings off of her fingers and money from the cash reg

  • Ellery v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-10-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence W. Daniel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, Jesse D. Evans, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Amelia G. Pray, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Bikoff, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A1391

    The surviving victim identified the defendant as one of two men who came into his nephew's home, fatally shot his nephew, shot the surviving victim in the chest, then shot his own penis while trying