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Ga. Sup. Ct. R. 59 (2019)

Affirmance Without Opinion

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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An affirmance without opinion may be rendered in any civil case when the Court determines at least one of the following circumstances exists and is dispositive of the appeal:

(1) The evidence supports the judgment;

(2) No harmful error of law, properly raised and requiring reversal appears; or

(3) The judgment of the court below adequately explains the decision and an opinion would have no precedential value.

Decisions rendered under Rule 59 have no precedential value.