Legal Opinion
Premo v. Georgia Ports Authority
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 20, 1997No. A97A1092PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Harold R. Banke.
Walter D. Premo appeals the summary judgment granted to the Georgia Ports Authority (“GPA”) on all his claims.
During a surveillance operation, a GPA police officer apprehended Premo, a GPA truck driver, inside a shipping container, an unauthorized area. Officials accused Premo of opening a carton containing television sets. Premo was taken into custody and subsequently charged with burglary and criminal trespass. A jury convicted Premo of criminal trespass but acquitted him of the burglary charge.
GPA terminated Premo for violating its “Code of Good Conduct” which…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Miller v. Georgia Ports AuthoritySupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
- International Business Machines Corp. v. EvansSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
- Deason v. DeKalb CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
- Chilivis v. National Distributing Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1977
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