MONDY v. MAGNOLIA ADVANCED MATERIALS, INC

303 Ga. 764

FINAL COPY S17G1478. MONDY et al. v. MAGNOLIA ADVANCED MATERIALS, INC. NAHMIAS, Justice. We granted a writ of certiorari in this case to decide whether, when a motion to recuse the trial judge is filed after the judge has orally held a party’s attorney in contempt, the recusal motion must be decided before the judge may properly proceed to enter a written contempt order. In Mondy v. Magnolia Advanced Materials, Inc.,

341 Ga. App. 141

( 797 SE2d 506) (2017), the Court of Appeals held that the trial judge can ignore the pending recusal motion and enter the contempt order. See

id. at…