Tag Archives: Georgia Supreme Court

Political Notes – Carley will take over, briefly, as chief justice

Supreme Court Justice George Carley prepares for his swearing in as the next chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court . . .

Tags: bankruptcy , Brenda Fitzgerald , Carol Hunstein , childhood obesity , George Carley , Georgia Supreme Court , Nathan Deal , Newt Gingrich , SHAPE

On the campaign trail: More attention for down-ballot races?

Two races for the Public Service Commission are the statewide races that will be at the top of Georgia’s election ballot this year . . .

Tags: Arthur Ferdinand , Ben Watson , Chuck Eaton , Fulton County Tax Commissioner , Georgia Court of Appeals , Georgia Supreme Court , Jack Murphy , Paul Battles , PSC , R. J. Morris , Stan Wise

Political Notes – Drug-testing law wound up costing Florida

Florida’s law requiring drug tests for welfare applicants, which is very similar to Georgia’s new law, cost the state nearly $46,000 before the law was overturned by a federal judge . . .

Tags: drug tests , Florida law , Georgia Supreme Court , Nathan Deal appointments , TANF applicants , welfare benefits

Perdue’s removal of school board members violated constitution, court rules

The removal of three Warren County school board members by then-governor Sonny Perdue in 2010 was unconstitutional, the Georgia Supreme Court rules . . .

Tags: Georgia Supreme Court , Sonny Perdue , Warren County school board

House bill bans assisted suicides

House bill would make assisted suicide a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison . . .

Tags: assisted suicide , Ed Setzler , Georgia Supreme Court , Jack Kevorkian

Court smacks Atlanta for violating open meetings law

The Georgia Supreme Court rules that the City of Atlanta violated the open meetings law by not providing information on how city council members voted . . .

Tags: Atlanta City Council , Georgia Supreme Court , Matthew Cardinale , open meetings law

State’s assisted suicide ban is struck down

A Georgia law that prohibited persons from publicly offering to assist terminally ill patients who contemplated suicide has been struck down by the state Supreme Court . . .

Tags: assisted suicide , Final Exit Network , Georgia Supreme Court , Jack Kevorkian , John Celmer , state ban

Supreme Court disbars attorneys who used ‘runners’

Two attorneys who paid ‘runners’ nearly $280,000 to solicit personal injury cases have been disbarred . . .

Tags: attorneys , disbarment , Georgia Supreme Court , runners

Supreme Court rules for developer in ‘view’ lawsuit

Atlantic Station developers win their Supreme Court appeal over condo owners whose views of downtown Atlanta were blocked by a new building . . .

Tags: Atlantic Station , Georgia Supreme Court , Novare Group

Supreme Court rules for national churches in property cases

The Georgia Supreme Court decides two cases where there were disputes over which organization owned church buildings and property . . .

Tags: Christ Church of Savannah , Court of Appeals , Episcopal Church , Georgia Supreme Court , Presbyterian Church , property disputes , Timberridge Presbyterian