Legal Opinion
Cox v. Garvin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 10, 2005No. S04G1152PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINES, Justice.
We granted certiorari in Garvin v. Secretary of State, 266 Ga. App. 66 (596 SE2d 166) (2004), to determine whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding that the term “willfully” as used in OCGA § 10-5-13 (a) (1) (A) (iv) requires a knowing and intentional violation of the Georgia Securities Act of 1973 (“Act”), OCGA§ 10-5-1 et seq. For the reasons which follow, we find that the Court of Appeals set an incorrect standard for establishing a willful violation in order to impose an administrative penalty under OCGA § 10-5-13(a) (1) (A) (iv); the term “willfully” requires proof…
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