Northwest Social and Civic Club, Inc. v. Franklin

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• holding that denial of discretionary appeal acts as res judicata on the merits
• discretionary application was proper method to appeal superior court’s ruling on certiorari petition from City of Atlanta’s denial of liquor license
• denial of discretionary application is on the merits; appellant has no right to file a direct appeal and obtain a second review of those same claims
• when this Court examines an application for discretionary review, it acts in an error-correcting mode, such that a denial of the application is on the merits, and the order denying the application is res judicata with respect to the substance of the requested review
• administrative denial of applications to renew liquor license
• “when [an appellate court] examines a request for a discretionary appeal, it acts in an error-correcting mode such that a denial of the application is on the merits [and] the order denying the application is res judicata with respect to the substance of the requested review”

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