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- For essay, "Lightening the Load: In the Georgia Supreme Court," see 37 Ga. L. Rev. 697 (2003). For article on cases in which the supreme court reversed the court of appeals on the subject of local government law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2004). For article, "When Wrong Is Right: Stare Decisis in the Supreme Court of Georgia," see 21 Ga. St. Bar. J. 11 (Dec. 2015).
- Although there may occasionally appear to be a need to file an original petition in the Supreme Court to issue process in the nature of mandamus, and perhaps quo warranto or prohibition where a superior court judge is named as the respondent, such as where the petitioner seeks to require the judge to enter an order in a matter allegedly pending more than 30 days in violation of O.C.G.A. § 15-6-21(a), such a petition may in fact be filed in the appropriate superior court. Being the respondent, the superior court judge will disqualify, another superior court judge will be appointed to hear and determine the matter, and the final decision may be appealed to the Supreme Court for review. Brown v. Johnson, 251 Ga. 436, 306 S.E.2d 655 (1983).
Cited in First Am. Title Ins. Co. v. Broadstreet, 260 Ga. App. 705, 580 S.E.2d 676 (2003).