Legal Opinion
Davis v. Shavers
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 26, 1998No. S97G1113PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Justice.
Appellants filed recall applications against certain officials of the City of Fort Oglethorpe, including Glenn Shavers. When those officials sought judicial review of the legal sufficiency of the applications, a trial court found them to be legally insufficient, and this Court affirmed. Davis v. Shavers, 263 Ga. 785 (439 SE2d 650) (1994). Shavers then brought suit for libel based upon statements made in the recall application against him. A jury returned verdicts against Appellants and the trial court entered judgment on those verdicts. The Court of Appeals held that…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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