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Bearden v. Georgia, 461 U.S. 660 (1983), was a landmark [1] [2] U.S. Supreme Court case holding that a local government can only imprison or jail someone for not paying a fine if it can be shown, by means of a hearing, that the person in question could have paid it but "willfully" chose not to do so.
This is a list of the justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia, the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Georgia: Justices. Judge Began active service
Stanley v. Georgia, 394 U.S. 557 (1969), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that helped to establish an implied "right to privacy" in U.S. law in the form of mere possession of obscene materials.
The Supreme Court of Georgia is located at the Nathan Deal Judicial Center in Atlanta. The Supreme Court of Georgia is the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Georgia. The court was established in 1845 as a three-member panel, increased in number to six, then to seven in 1945, and finally to nine in 2017. [1]
Parham v. J.R., 442 U.S. 584 (1979), was a United States Supreme Court case that reviewed Georgia's procedures for the commitment of a child to a mental hospital based on the request of a parent.
Georgia Supreme Court justices on Tuesday unanimously denied an emergency motion to pause an order blocking the rules and expedite their review of the case, a docket entry showed, meaning the ...
The order from the Supreme Court of Georgia allows the ban to take effect at 5 p.m. on Monday. The lawsuit challenging the ban was brought by Atlanta-based SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive ...
Gagnon v. Scarpelli, 411 U.S. 778 (1973), was the second substantive ruling by the United States Supreme Court regarding the rights of individuals in violation of a probation or parole sentence. [1] The case involved Gerald Scarpelli, a man serving a probation sentence in the State of Wisconsin for armed robbery. While the judge sentenced ...