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  • Anderson v. Anderson

    Publication Date: 2016-09-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas C. Rawlings, Walter C. McMillan Jr. McMillan Rawlings LLP, Sandersville, David B. Bell Bell Bell Associates, Augusta, and Albert H. Dallas Dallas Law Firm, Thomson, for Charles Edwin Anderson et al.. John B. Long Tucker Long PC, Augusta, Glee C. Smith, Warrenton, and Robert E. Knox Jr. Knox Swan, Thomson, for Donna L. M. Anderson et al..
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    Case Number: S16A1052; S16X1053

    Because there was record evidence which, if believed, would establish that the decedent expressly directed his son, as his attorney-in-fact, to use his power of attorney to execute deeds conveying

  • State v. Lewis

    Publication Date: 2015-11-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Anna G. Cross, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael L. Brown, Angela Adams, Bernard Taylor, and Kacy Brake Alston Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Neutral Amicus: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore Mercer Law School, Macon, and J. Scott Key Miller Key PA, McDonough.
    Case Number: S15G0666

    Although it was the court's responsibility—not the State's—to determine whether the defendant breached a negotiated plea agreement by not testifying truthfully in his co-defendants' s, th

  • Tafel v. Lion Antique Cars Invs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-06-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nowell D. Berreth, William H. Hughes Jr. Alston Bird LLP, Nicholas H. Lynton Altisource, Atlanta, and Brian D. Boone Alston Bird LLP, Charlotte, N.C., for Tafel. Michael J. King Greenberg Traurig LLP, and Andrew N. Capezzuto Georgia Department of Economic Development, Atlanta, for Lion Antique Cars Invs. Inc..
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S15A0183; S15X0184

    The trial court properly declined to exercise its equitable powers to mark satisfied a judgment that the plaintiff had obtained against the defendant in a long-standing dispute arising from a race c

  • Marsh v. Clarke Cnty. Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James J. Thomas II Ichter Thomas LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jay D. Bennett, Nowell D. Berreth Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Terrell W. Benton Jr. Hall Booth Smith & Slover PC, Athens, for appellees.
    Case Number: S12A1568

    The trial court properly denied the writ of mandamus seeking the return of excess proceeds collected pursuant to an educational sales and use tax approved by referendum, as the plaintiff taxpayer fa

  • Fulton County v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Overtis H. Brantley, Willie J. Lovett Jr., Rory K. Starkey, Marina K. Duncan and Nicolle G. Holt, Fulton County Attorneys, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda K. DiSantis, City Attorney, Marc Goncher, Assistant City Attorney, Lisa F. Harper, Otto F. Feil III, Chorey, Taylor & Feil PC, Douglas A. Henderson, Troutman Sanders LLP, Robert D. Mowrey, David M. Meezan Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Robert C. Norman Jr. Jones, Cork & Miller, Macon, for appellees. Amicus appellee: Carlton L. Kell Brock, Clay & Calhoun PC, Marietta, and David Biderman National Solid Wastes Management Assoc., Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: S06A0049

    O.C.G.A. § 36-2-26 a unconstitutionally impairs the free flow of interstate commerce by giving the county where a landfill sits the authority to veto the importation of solid

  • Reynolds v. Harrison

    Publication Date: 2004-10-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael C. Pruett Haygood & Pruett, William J. Linkous Jr. and Nicole J. Wade Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John C. Sawyer, Jay D. Bennett Alston & Bird, Atlanta, John E. Stell Jr. Russell, Stell, Smith McLocklin PC, Winder, and J. C. Highsmith Jr. Stewart, Melvin & Frost LLP, Gainesville, for appellees.
    Case Number: S04A1273

    The affidavit of the attorney who drafted the testator's will could not be used to shed light on the testator's intent where the terms of the will were plain and unambi

  • Unified Gov't of Athens-Clarke County v. Hospital Auth. of Clarke County

    Publication Date: 2004-05-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew H. Marshall Begnaud & Marshall LLP, and William C. Berryman Jr., Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Emmet J. Bondurant Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, and J. Edward Allen Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, for appellees. Amicus appellee: Jack S. Schroder Jr. Alston & Bird, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S04A0449

    A 2-step process for filling vacancies on the county hospital board of trustees did not have to be reduced to wr

  • Mansour Props. LLC v. I-85/GA 20 Ventures Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-04-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel N. Esrey, Peter M. Degnan Alston & Bird, and Warren W. Willis Jr. Morris, Manning & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John P. O'Brien and Bret T. Thrasher Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti PC, Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A1484

    The plaintiff waived its right to partition the 110 acres of undeveloped property that it owned with the defendant by contractually obligating itself to certify that any potential transferee would h

  • Turner v. Flournoy

    Publication Date: 2004-04-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scot E. Hitch Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, Ray L. Allison Denney, Pease, Allison & Kirk, Jaimie B. DeLoach and Clifton C. Fay, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jerry A. Buchanan Buchanan & Land, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A1730

    In the absence of a transcript, competent evidence presumably supported the trial court's dec to permanently enjoin development of a subdiv

  • Mansour Props. LLC v. I-85/GA 20 Ventures Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-02-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel N. Esrey, Peter M. Degnan Alston & Bird, and Warren W. Willis Jr. Morris, Manning & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John P. O'Brien and Bret T. Thrasher Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti PC, Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A1484

    The plaintiff waived its right to partition the 110 acres of undeveloped property that it owned with the defendant by contractually obligating itself to certify that any potential transferee would h