Tag Archives: Georgia Supreme Court

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

Ga. Supreme Court will hear assisted suicide case

The state Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in an appeal that challenges the constitutionality of the state law on assisted suicides . . .

Tags: Chris Brasher , David Nahmias , Final Exit Network , Georgia Supreme Court

Carley will retire from court in July

Supreme Court Justice George Carley announces he will retire early from the bench next July, giving Gov. Nathan Deal the chance to appoint his replacement . . .

Tags: Carol Hunstein , George Carley , Georgia Supreme Court , Nathan Deal

Supreme Court rules against Statesboro on open meetings

The Statesboro City Council met illegally in private and can be ordered to hold substitute meetings in public, the Georgia Supreme Court has ruled . . .

Tags: Georgia Supreme Court , open records act , Statesboro City Council

Carley will become chief justice as Hunstein steps aside

Georgia Supreme Court Justice George Carley will serve for two months as chief justice of the state’s highest court before his term on the bench ends . . .

Tags: Carol Hunstein , chief justice , George Carley , Georgia Supreme Court

Political Notes – Zoller zooms into congressional race

Talk radio host Martha Zoller files the paperwork for a 9th Congressional District race but will keep doing her talk show, for the moment . . .

Tags: 9th Congressional District , Anthony Peters , Doug Collins , Georgia Supreme Court , Hank Huckaby , Martha Zoller , Nathan Deal , Tricia Pridemore , University System