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O.C.G.A. § 15-2-6 (2019)

Duty of Justices to attend; quorum; adjournment

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It shall be the duty of all the Justices of the Supreme Court to attend each term thereof. However, if, from providential cause, any of the Justices cannot attend the court, the court may be held by a quorum as defined by Article VI, Section VI, Paragraph I of the Constitution of this state. If less than a quorum attend, the Justices attending may adjourn the court to any time agreed upon by the attending Justices.

History

Laws 1845, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 448; Code 1863, § 3159; Code 1868, § 3171; Code 1873, § 3239; Ga. L. 1877, p. 94, § 2; Code 1882, § 3239; Civil

Code 1895, § 5495; Civil Code 1910, § 6100; Code 1933, § 24-3802; Ga. L. 1945, p. 212, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 50.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 20 Am. Jur. 2d, Courts, § 32.

C.J.S. - 21 C.J.S., Courts, § 181 et seq.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1997–1997 · leading case: Russ v. Am. Tel. & Tel., 493 S.E.2d 46 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997).
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Russ v. Am. Tel. & Tel., 493 S.E.2d 46 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “This includes opportunity for petition for certiorari in the Supreme Court of Georgia, after this Court either decides the appeal or denies an application for full review.”
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