Supreme Court of Georgia

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court of last resort state supreme court

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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Court of Georgia canonical	18
Georgia Supreme Court	3

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	Constitution of the State of Georgia ⓘ surface form: 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	Constitution of the State of Georgia ⓘ surface form: Georgia Constitution Georgia common law ⓘ Georgia statutory law ⓘ
issues	written opinions interpreting Georgia law ⓘ
jurisdiction	Constitution of the State of Georgia ⓘ surface form: Georgia Constitution laws of the state of Georgia ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalAuthorityOver	Court of Appeals of Georgia ⓘ surface form: Georgia Court of Appeals
location	Atlanta ⓘ surface form: Atlanta, Georgia
not	trial court ⓘ
officialName	Supreme Court of Georgia self-link ⓘ
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	Georgia State Supreme Court building ⓘ surface form: Judicial Building, Atlanta
subjectToReviewBy	Supreme Court of the United States on federal questions ⓘ
typeOfCourt	appellate court ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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 → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Georgia Supreme Court

Superior Court of Coweta County → appealsTo → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ

“three governors controversy” in Georgia → involves → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ

subject surface form: Three Governors Controversy

this entity surface form: Georgia Supreme Court

Supreme Court of Georgia → officialName → Supreme Court of Georgia self-link ⓘ

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 → Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Georgia Supreme Court