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The Judiciary of Georgia is a branch of the government of the State of Georgia established in Article Six of the Georgia constitution. [ 1] This Article contains ten Sections which discuss the different courts, their powers and jurisdictions, and the role of the district attorney in Georgia's justice system. [ 2]
Federal courts located in Georgia. United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (headquartered in Atlanta, having jurisdiction over the United States District Courts of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia) United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia [10] United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia [11]
Business and Commercial Courts in the United States. Business courts in the United States have been established in approximately twenty-five states. In some cases, a state legislature may choose to create a business court by statute. In other cases, business courts have been established by judicial rule or order, at the state supreme court or ...
The Superior Court is Georgia 's general jurisdiction trial court. It has exclusive, constitutional, authority over felony cases, divorce, equity and cases regarding title to land. The exclusive jurisdiction of this court also covers such matters as declaratory judgments, habeas corpus, mandamus, quo warranto and prohibition.
The Georgia Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level appellate court for the U.S. state of Georgia. The court is a single entity with 15 judges. The judges are assigned into five divisions of three judges each, with the assignments changed annually. Cases are randomly assigned to one of the divisions, with the constraint that the number of ...
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 ] Since 1896, the justices have been elected by the people of the state. The justices are currently elected in ...
The Georgia RICO Act was passed in 1980. [3] One of the first notable uses of the law was in 1983, when three members of the Dixie Mafia were prosecuted and found guilty in Monroe. [6] [7] Upon appeal, the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled in Chancey v. State, 256 Ga. 415 (1986), that the RICO Act was not unconstitutional. [8]
The State Bar of Georgia has three offices: in Atlanta, Savannah and Tifton. The headquarters of State Bar of Georgia, known as the Bar Center, is located at 104 Marietta Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30303. Phone 404-527-8700. The South Georgia Office is located at 244 E. Second Street, Tifton, GA 31793.