Supreme Court of Georgia

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The Supreme Court of Georgia is the highest appellate court in the U.S. state of Georgia, responsible for interpreting state law and the Georgia Constitution.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Supreme Court of Georgia canonical 31
Georgia Supreme Court 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court of last resort ⓘ
state supreme court ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction U.S. state of Georgia ⓘ
barAdmissionAuthorityFor State Bar of Georgia ⓘ
branch state judiciary of Georgia ⓘ
canReview decisions of Georgia superior courts ⓘ
decisions of other lower Georgia courts ⓘ
decisions of the Georgia Court of Appeals ⓘ
composedOf Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Chief Justice of Georgia ⓘ
Presiding Justice of Georgia ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
decidesOn appeals in civil cases from lower Georgia courts ⓘ
appeals in criminal cases from lower Georgia courts ⓘ
certified questions of Georgia law from federal courts ⓘ
certified questions of Georgia law from other state courts ⓘ
questions of state constitutional law ⓘ
questions of state statutory interpretation ⓘ
establishedBy Georgia Constitution ⓘ
governs rules of practice and procedure in Georgia courts ⓘ
handles cases involving the constitutionality of Georgia statutes ⓘ
disciplinary cases involving members of the State Bar of Georgia ⓘ
election contest cases under Georgia law ⓘ
hasNumberOfJudges 9 ⓘ
hasPower judicial review over state laws under the Georgia Constitution ⓘ
hasPrecedenceOver all other Georgia state courts ⓘ
hears appeals as of right in certain categories of cases ⓘ
appeals by writ of certiorari ⓘ
oral arguments in appellate cases ⓘ
interprets Georgia Constitution ⓘ
Georgia common law ⓘ
Georgia statutory law ⓘ
issues written opinions interpreting Georgia law ⓘ
jurisdiction Georgia Constitution ⓘ
laws of the state of Georgia ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalAuthorityOver Georgia Court of Appeals ⓘ
location Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta
not trial court ⓘ
officialName Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
overseenBy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
partOf Judicial branch of the state of Georgia ⓘ
regulates practice of law in Georgia ⓘ
role court of final review for state law issues in Georgia ⓘ
highest appellate court in the state of Georgia ⓘ
seatedIn Judicial Building, Atlanta ⓘ
subjectToReviewBy Supreme Court of the United States on federal questions ⓘ
typeOfCourt appellate court ⓘ

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Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of the State of Georgia → judicialBody → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Gregg v. Georgia → originatedFromCourt → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Richard Russell Sr. → employer → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Constitution of the State of Georgia → establishes → Georgia Supreme Court ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Georgia
Superior Court of Coweta County → appealsTo → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Three Governors Controversy → involves → Georgia Supreme Court ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Georgia
Supreme Court of Georgia → officialName → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Georgia superior courts → appealsGoTo → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Judicial branch of Georgia → hasTopCourt → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Judicial branch of Georgia → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Court of Appeals of Georgia → isIntermediateBetween → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Court of Appeals of Georgia → higherCourt → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Court of Appeals of Georgia → mayBeReviewedBy → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Georgia state courts → hasComponent → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Georgia state courts → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Superior Court of Carroll County → appealsTo → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Superior Court of Heard County → appealsTo → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Griffin Judicial Circuit → appealsTo → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Coker v. Georgia → originatingCourt → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Superior Court of Clayton County → appealsTo → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Candler → associatedWithJudiciary → Georgia Supreme Court ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Georgia
Brunswick Judicial Circuit → supervisedBy → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Henry L. Benning → memberOf → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Henry L. Benning → memberOf → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Georgia State Supreme Court building → houses → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Logan Edwin Bleckley → memberOf → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
State Bar of Georgia → foundedBy → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
State Bar of Georgia → overseenBy → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Administrative Office of the Courts of Georgia → supports → Georgia Supreme Court ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Georgia
Georgia Evidence Code → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Towaliga Judicial Circuit → handlesAppealsTo → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Politics of Georgia → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Georgia → hasJudicialBody → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
subject linked to: present-day Georgia
Rockdale Judicial Circuit → handlesAppealsTo → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
Frank v. Mangum → originatingCourt → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ