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5 Georgia opinions name it 2 courts 1954–2026 3 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Georgia courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Ellison v. Georgia Railroadgreen2 sentences2026Rev. 345 , 347 (1986). 13 See, e.g., Ellison v. Georgia R.R. & Banking Co., 87 Ga. 691, 696 (1) ( 13 SE 809 ) (1891) (Bleckley, C.J.) (noting that, when encountering “a great and glaring error affecting the current administration of justice,” the “maxim for a supreme court ... is not [s]tare decisis, but [f]iat justitia ruat coelum [let justice be done, though the heavens fall]”). 2026Rev. 345 , 347 (1986). 13 See, e.g., Ellison v. Georgia R.R. & Banking Co., 87 Ga. 691, 696 (1) ( 13 SE 809 ) (1891) (Bleckley, C.J.) (noting that, when encountering “a great and glaring error affecting the current administration of justice,” the “maxim for a supreme court ... is not [s]tare decisis, but [f]iat justitia ruat coelum [let justice be done, though the heavens fall]”). | 4 | 4 |
Ammons v. Stategreen2 sentences2026See also Ammons v. State, 315 Ga. 149, 169 (1) ( 880 SE2d 544 ) (2022) (Pinson, J., concurring) (noting that “the rule of law can ... be undermined by perpetuating decisions that are obviously and harmfully wrong,” and “[w]hen sticking to such decisions would cause more damage to the rule of law than correcting course, courts may choose overruling as the lesser evil.”). 6 Unsurprisingly, an invocation of stare decisis is often made “most fervently when the precedent at issue is least defensible.”14 But a raw appeal to stare decisis and nothing more is no argument at all. 2026See also Ammons v. State, 315 Ga. 149, 169 (1) ( 880 SE2d 544 ) (2022) (Pinson, J., concurring) (noting that “the rule of law can ... be undermined by perpetuating decisions that are obviously and harmfully wrong,” and “[w]hen sticking to such decisions would cause more damage to the rule of law than correcting course, courts may choose overruling as the lesser evil.”). 6 Unsurprisingly, an invocation of stare decisis is often made “most fervently when the precedent at issue is least defensible.”14 But a raw appeal to stare decisis and nothing more is no argument at all. | 1 | 1 |
Johnson v. Stategreen2 sentences2025In identifying those “rare cases,” we have resisted applying a strict formula or an “exclusive” list of “factors.” Johnson, 315 Ga. at 887-888 (3). 2025In identifying those “rare cases,” we have resisted applying a strict formula or an “exclusive” list of “factors.” Johnson, 315 Ga. at 887-888 (3). | 1 | 1 |
Humthlett v. Reevesgreen2 sentences2008When an error of this magnitude and which moves in so wide an orbit competes with truth in the struggle for existence, the maxim for a supreme court, supreme in the majesty of duty as well as in the majesty of power, is not stare decisis, but fiat justitia ruat coelum [let justice be done, though the heavens should fall].” (Citation omitted.) Humthlett v. Reeves, 211 Ga. 210, 216 (1) ( 85 SE2d 25 ) (1954). 2008When an error of this magnitude and which moves in so wide an orbit competes with truth in the struggle for existence, the maxim for a supreme court, supreme in the majesty of duty as well as in the majesty of power, is not stare decisis, but fiat justitia ruat coelum [let justice be done, though the heavens should fall].” (Citation omitted.) Humthlett v. Reeves, 211 Ga. 210, 216 (1) ( 85 SE2d 25 ) (1954). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Georgia. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.