The Georgia Law Blog

Sunday, September 30, 2007

The Georgia Law Blog Has Moved!

I have now incorporated The Georgia Law Blog into my main firm site, mercklaw.com. Please visit blog.mercklaw.com (or simply go to mercklaw.com and follow the blog link) for all future Georgia Law Blog updates. This blogger site will remain up so that you can browse the archives.

Thank you for visiting!

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Oops!

Wanna hire me to do the research so this doesn't happen again? I'm pretty good, and my rates are reasonable.

"High Court Botched Death Reviews: In justifying sentences, Georgia's Supreme Court has repeatedly cited overturned cases" [AJC]

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Federal Jurisdiction Goes Away When Complaint Amended To Eliminate Federal Claims

Pintado v. Miami-Dade Housing Agency, 06-12953 & 06-13184 (9/25/07).

Monday, September 24, 2007

One and Done Baby!

I don't do non-law posts often, but I can't resist this. Simply awesome.

Friday, September 21, 2007

Bill Campbell Will Surrender Law License

The news from AJC via Peach Pundit.

Alabama Inmate Facing Execution Denied Relief By 11th Circuit

Here's the opinion: Arthur v. King, 07-13933 (9/21/07).

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Fantasy Football: 2-0!

Sorry flack; you made a valiant comeback effort last night, but came up just short.

As a result, I squeaked by by 3 points, and moved to 2-0 and 3rd place.

Next up is the 1-1 South Georgia Gnats. This is the first week that I've been "projected" to lose, but I overperformed my projection by about 15 points last week, so I ain't skerred.

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