Cases

The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia appeals from the trial court's grant of partial summary judgment to John Doe in this suit for breach of an employment contract. The Board contends the trial court erred in finding that there was a valid, written contract between Doe and the Board and that, because of the existence of such contract, the state's sovereign immunity was waived. The Board also challenges the trial court's finding that it breached its contract with Do

Beasley, Presiding Judge. The plaintiff, using the pseudonym Jane Doe, filed a complaint against the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary and permanent injunctive relief against disclosure. A request had been made to the University of Georgia by the campus newspaper, “The Red & Black,” under the Open Records Act, OCGA § 50-18-70 et seq. The newspaper sough

USCA11 Case: 23-11037 Document: 64-1 Date Filed: 11/07/2024 Page: 1 of 32 [PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 23-11037 ____________________ MACHELLE JOSEPH,

USCA11 Case: 21-14409 Document: 37-1 Date Filed: 02/15/2024 Page: 1 of 23 [PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 21-14409 ____________________ TAQUILA MONROE,

ACCEPTED 15-25-00011-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 9/18/2025 4:10 PM 15-25-00011-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE

Supreme Court of Texas ══════════ No. 22-0844 ══════════ The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Petitioner, v. IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., Respondent ═══════════════════════════════════════ On Petition for Review from the Cour

DOYLE, Chief Judge. In this slip-and-fall case, plaintiff Mollie Duff appeals from the grant of summary judgment to defendant Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Duff contends that the trial court erred by concluding that rainwater on the floor where she slipped was not, as a matter of law, a hazardous condition. For the reasons that follow, we reverse. <

ACCEPTED 15-25-00011-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 6/9/2025 1:42 PM 15-25-00011-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE

McMillian, Judge. Jennifer Hill filed this qui tam action to recover damages and civil penalties on behalf of the State of Georgia under the Georgia False Medicaid Claims Act, OCGA § 49-4-168, et seq. (the "GFMCA"), and for damages under the GFMCA and the Georgia Whistleblower Act, OCGA § 45-1-4 (the "Whistleblower Act"), for what she claims was retaliation against her. This appeal mark

Reversed and Remanded and Memorandum Opinion filed August 11, 2022. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-20-00699-CV IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC., Appellant V. THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, Appellee On Appeal from the 189th District Court Harris County, T

McMillian, Judge. David Schick appeals from the final order of the trial court entered after a bench trial on his suit against the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (“Board”) seeking injunctive relief, penalties, and an award of attorney fees based on the alleged failure to comply with the provisions of Georgia’s Open Records Act (“Act”), OCGA § 50-18-70 et se

Phipps, Chief Judge. On November 19, 2009, Christopher Albers was given written notice that he would be terminated from his position as chief of police at Georgia Perimeter College (“GPC”). Asserting a wrongful termination claim under the Georgia Whistleblower Statute,* 1 Albers sued the Georgia Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, GPC, and GPC’s president. The defendants moved for

Branch, Judge. Peter Winter brought suit against the Board of Regents for breach of an employment contract. The Board appeals the trial court’s denial of its motion for summary judgment. As a part of its ruling, the trial court conclusively denied the Board’s claim of sovereign immunity, thereby authorizing this direct appeal under the collateral order doctrine. See Bd.

BENHAM, Justice, dissenting. As this Court has previously held, the rule that the Georgia Tort Claims Act (“GTCA”) should be strictly construed “does not demand a hyper-technical construction that would not measurably advance the purpose of the GTCA’s notice provisions. In other words, we have declined to reach a needlessly harsh result when that result was not mandated by the GTCA.” (Citations and punctuation

Barnes, Presiding Judge. *188 In Consumer Credit Research Foundation v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. System of Ga. , 341 Ga.App. 323 ,

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ June 15, 2017 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A17A0103. BRANDENBURG v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA et al. In the instant case, the trial court dismissed the Appellant’s case based on its determination that his earlier 2014 voluntary dismissal of his 2011 state court case co

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 22-2454 ISABELLE ARANA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM, Defendant-Appellee. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court fo

ACCEPTED 15-25-00058-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 8/11/2025 8:34 PM NO. 15-25-00058-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 22-2454 ISABELLE ARANA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM, Defendant-Appellee. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court fo

Hodges, Judge. *133 In these interrelated appeals arising from a procurement, we must decide whether a claim under the Georgia Trade Secrets Act of 1990 ( OCGA § 10-1-760 et seq. ) is available against a state entity under either that statute or the Georgia Tort Claims Act ( OCGA § 50-21-2