Atlanta, May 16, 2018 – The Supreme Court of Georgia will hold oral argumentsin Marietta next Monday, May 21, in the Cobb County Superior Courthouselocated at 70 Haynes Street, a block behind the square.At the 10 a.m. session, the Court will hear two appeals: one in a criminal case andone in a civil case. The [...]
Justice Benham to Address UGA Law Grads “Doctors heal the body. Ministers heal the soul. Lawyers heal the community,” says Justice Robert Benham “We heal the community through dispute resolution and problem solving.” By DAILY REPORT | Katheryn Tucker | May 08, 2018 Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham will deliver the keynote address at [...]
Atlanta, April 16, 2018 – Presiding Justice Harold D. Melton has been unanimously elected as the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, succeeding Chief Justice P. Harris Hines, who plans to retire Aug. 31, 2018. The Court has also unanimously elected Justice David E. Nahmias to become the new Presiding Justice. [...]
Atlanta, May 2, 2018 –Chief Judge Stephen G. Scarlett, Sr. of the Superior Court of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit has been designated to serve in place of Justice Nels S.D. Peterson in the appeal of Patterson et al. v. Kevon, LLC d/b/a Big Kev’s Barbecue (S17G1957). The Supreme Court of Georgia will hear arguments [...]
Atlanta, May 2, 2018 –Superior Court Judge Robert E. Flournoy, III of the Cobb Judicial Circuit has been designated to serve in place of Justice Nels S. D. Peterson in the appeal of Atkins v. The State (S17G1996). The Supreme Court of Georgia will hear arguments in the case on May 9, 2018 during [...]
Atlanta, May 2, 2018 –Chief Judge Stephen Louis A. Dillard of the Georgia Court of Appeals has been designated to serve in place of Justice Nels S. D. Peterson in the appeal of Withers et al. v. Schroeder (S17G1875). The Supreme Court of Georgia will hear arguments in the case on May 7, 2018 [...]
Atlanta, May 2, 2018 –Judge Amanda Mercier of the Court of Appeals of Georgia has been designated to serve in place of Justice Carol W. Hunstein in the appeal of Withers et al. v. Schroeder (S17G1875). The Supreme Court of Georgia will hear arguments in the case on Monday, May 7 during its 10:00 [...]
Atlanta, May 2, 2018 – Judge Clyde L. Reese, III of the Court of Appeals of Georgia has been designated to serve in place of Chief Justice P. Harris Hines in the appeal of Withers et al. v. Schroeder (S17G1875). The Supreme Court of Georgia will hear arguments in the case on Monday, May [...]
Atlanta, May 2, 2018 –Superior Court Judge George F. Hutchinson, III of the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit has been designated to serve in place of Justice Nels S.D. Peterson in the appeal of Ruth et al. v. Cherokee Funding, LLC et al. (S17G2021). The Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case on May 7 [...]
Atlanta, May 4, 2018 – The Supreme Court of Georgia has unanimously denied a stay of execution for Robert Earl Butts, Jr., who is scheduled to be put to death tonight at 7:00 p.m. by lethal injection at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, GA. Butts, 40, was sentenced to death for [...]
