Collection: Court of Appeals - Clerk of Court - Case Records

Scope and Contents

This series consists of: (1) the notice of appeal filed by the lower court when a motion to appeal has been filed by a party to a lower court suit, (2) a record of enumeration of errors filed by the appellant, (3) the transcript of the testimony in the lower court, (4) briefs submitted by the appellant and the appellee and sometimes by an amicus curiae (friend of the court), and (5) the record copy of the decision of the Court of Appeals. The decision of the Court is also published in Georgia Appeals Reports.

Dates

Created: 1907-2009

Creator

Court of Appeals (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted

Extent

8503.00 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

The cases are filed and arranged by case number. The office of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals maintains an index to cases which is arranged by the names of the appellant and of the appellee. Please see RGSGSERIES 56-2-5, General Docket Books, for these indexes. The Georgia Appeals Reports indexes can also be used to determine the case number.

Related Materials

See also RGSGSERIES 56-2-4, Evidence Files, for additional case information. Case files after 2007 are available at the: Court of Appeals Clerk's Office 47 Trinity Avenue S.W. Suite 501 Atlanta, GA 30334 Phone: (404) 656-3450