McCobb v. Clayton County

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• reaching the substantive merits of a judgment on the pleadings premised on an insurance policy, where it was “undisputed that the county purchased liability insurance, and the policy is in the record”
• “Under Georgia law, sovereign immunity is an immunity from suit, rather than a mere defense to liability, and, therefore, whether a governmental defendant has waived its sovereign immunity is a threshold issue.”
• “Under Georgia law, sovereign immunity is an immunity from suit, rather than a mere defense to liability, and, therefore, whether a governmental defendant has waived its sovereign immunity is a threshold issue.”
• “As provided in Georgia’s constitution, sovereign immunity extends to the counties[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Strength v. Lovett
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-07-14· cited 74×
• Montgomery v. Bank of America
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-29· cited 41×
• Ratliff v. McDonald
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-18· cited 28×
• Board of Regents of the University System v. Ruff
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-03-13· cited 27×
• Tom Brown v. E. Howard Carson, Jr.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-02-20· cited 19×
• BOARD OF COM'RS OF GLYNN COUNTY v. Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-09-14· cited 18×
• Mabra v. SF, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-25· cited 16×
• Jenkins v. Wachovia Bank, N.A.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-02-21· cited 12×
• WINGLER Et Al. v. WHITE Et Al.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-12-07· cited 10×
• Columbus Consolidated Government v. Woody
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-06-30· cited 9×
• JAMES v. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Et Al.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-05-20· cited 8×
• Georgia Power Co. v. Cazier
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-29· cited 7×
• FUCIARELLI v. McKINNEY Et Al.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-07-23· cited 3×
• Christopher Shelnutt v. the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-03-14· cited 2×
• City of Atlanta v. Lockett
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-10-13· cited 1×
• LATOYA SUMMEROUR v. CITY OF MONROE
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-03-14
• SHERRI MCBRAYER v. GENE SCARBROUGH, SHERIFF
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-06-03
• Ronald Mabra v. Sf, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-25
• Roosevelt Montgomery v. Bank of America
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-29
• Georgia Power Company v. Amy N. Cazier
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-29

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cameron v. Lang
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-06-25· cited 276×
• Board of Regents v. Canas
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-01-12· cited 83×
• Toombs County v. O'NEAL
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-05-29· cited 72×
• Standard v. Hobbs
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-11-04· cited 34×
• Mixon v. City of Warner Robins
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-06-27· cited 31×
• Board of Regents of the University System v. Daniels
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-06-06· cited 24×
• Pearson v. City of Atlanta
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-03-11· cited 19×
• Peeples v. City of Atlanta
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-01-05· cited 19×
• City of Winder v. McDougald
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-07-11· cited 16×
• Hewell v. Walton County
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-07-07· cited 15×
• Wendelken v. Jenk, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-03-18· cited 14×
• Rahmaan v. DeKalb County
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-10-21· cited 12×
• MCG HEALTH, INC. v. Whitfield
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-01-28· cited 11×
• Mixon v. City of Warner Robins
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-06-22· cited 6×