DeKalb County v. Adams

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• reversing an award of attorney fees under subsection (b) and finding that a party’s argument was not substantially frivolous, groundless, or vexatious where “there was no controlling authority directly on point and [the party] cited authority that arguably supported its position”
• although county's argument-that the court lacked authority to enforce its civil contempt order after the parties' settlement agreement expired-had been decided against it, the argument did not lack substantial justification and thus fee award was not warranted
• although county’s argument — that the court lacked authority to enforce its civil contempt order after the parties’ settlement agreement expired — had been decided against it, the argument did not lack substantial justification and did not support fee award
• although county’s argument — that the court lacked authority to enforce its civil contempt order after the parties’ settlement agreement expired — had been decided against it, the argument did not lack substantial justification and did not support fee award

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Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Rescigno v. Vesali
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-10-27· cited 21×
• Cohen v. Rogers
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-03-16· cited 19×
• MacDonald v. Harris
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-02-20· cited 13×
• Fox v. City of Cumming
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-04-23· cited 12×
• Russell v. Sparmer
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-10-28· cited 8×
• American National Property & Casualty Co. v. Amerieast, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-12· cited 7×
• Brown v. Gadson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-07-01· cited 6×
• LEE Et Al. v. PARK
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-05-09· cited 4×
• Hall v. CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GEORGIA, INC.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-06-28· cited 3×
• Naar v. Naar.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-04-29· cited 1×
• David M. Cohen v. Joseph Rogers, Jr.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-03-16

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McKemie v. City of Griffin
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-02· cited 30×
• Department of Transportation v. Franco's Pizza & Delicatessen, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-07-15· cited 25×
• White v. Fulton County
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-06-27· cited 21×
• Gibson v. Decatur Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-11-06· cited 18×
• La Petite Academy, Inc. v. Prescott
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-08-19· cited 17×
• Ellis v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-11-08· cited 15×
• Hopkins v. Hopkins
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-07-02· cited 14×
• Carey Canada, Inc. v. Hinely
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-11-20· cited 13×
• DeKalb County v. Adams
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-07-09· cited 8×
• Greer v. Davis
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-05-19· cited 8×
• In Re JS Boswell
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-12-01· cited 5×
• Dorsey v. Adams
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-05-03· cited 4×

Other cases named DeKalb County v. Adams

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• DeKalb County v. Adams
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-07-09· cited 8×
• DeKalb County v. Adams
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-05-01· cited 2×