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Bataski Bailey v. Fair & Walker Unit Owners Association, Inc., et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Georgia, No. S21C0343 · judgment May 3, 2021


Certiorari denied · January 10, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Do intentional false statements made by an attorney in a judicial proceeding violate the opposing party’s Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights?

  2. Can attorney’s fees be awarded to a party for the alleged defamation of any attorney during a legal proceeding if the statements alleged to be defamatory are in fact true?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Bataski Bailey

For respondent
Adam C. Joffe
Goodman McGuffey, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 10 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 15 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
  3. Nov 29 2021
    Brief of respondents Fair & Walker Unit Owners Association, Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
  4. Nov 12 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 29, 2021.
  5. Nov 11 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 8, 2021 to November 29, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  6. Nov 08 2021
    Reply of Fair & Walker Unit Owners Association, Inc. and Access Management Group, L.P. not accepted for filing. (November 08, 2021) (Efiled as wrong type of document; resubmitted as Brief in Opposition)
  7. Nov 08 2021
    Brief of Fair & Walker Unit Owners Association, Inc. and Access Management Group, L.P. in opposition not accepted for filing. (November 29, 2021--Corrected version to be submitted)
  8. Oct 19 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Empire Parking Services, Inc. to respond filed.
  9. Jul 29 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 8, 2021)