Legal Opinion

Considine v. Murphy

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 1, 2015No. S14G1202Published

1Opinion of the Court

297 Ga. 164

FINAL COPY S14G1202. CONSIDINE v. MURPHY et al. NAHMIAS, Justice. We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ decision affirming the dismissal of Cecily Considine’s lawsuit against the receivers appointed in her separate lawsuit against Michael Affatato on the ground that the receivers have official immunity. We conclude that this lawsuit against the receivers should instead have been dismissed on the ground that Considine failed to obtain leave from the trial court in her lawsuit against Affatato before filing a separate lawsuit against the receivers appointed in that…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Butz v. EconomouSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Barton v. BarbourSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  3. McNulta v. LochridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  4. Austin v. ClarkSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  5. Department of Transportation v. DupreeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002

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