Case Reporting Matrix - Notes

1. The Court of Appeals of Georgia has no ADR program.

2. Civil cases include administrative agency cases for both Appeal by Right and Appeal by Permission Cases where administrative agency cases are not shown separately.

3. Most dismissals are by order; some may be by opinion.

4. The category of case outcome Reversed/Denied may include some partial reversed in appeal by right cases.

5. Modified/Granted in Part are included in Reversed/Denied or Other Outcome columns.

6. All Appeal by Permission cases are initiated by an application filed in the Court of Appeals. All applications are disposed by order. If the application is granted, than a Notice of Appeal is filed with the trial court; the trial court clerk sends the Notice of Appeal and record to the Court of Appeals and it is docketed in the same manner as a direct appeal. There were 219 applications granted. In annual statistics these cases once granted by application are included in the number of appeals by right. Incoming Cases on Appeal by Permission includes Interlocutory Applications which are also shown in the last column on the right.

Court Structure Chart - Notes

12 judges sit in panels and en banc.

The Court usually acts in 4 panels of 3 judges. The judges do not sit en banc although under certain circumstances a decision may be rendered by 7 judges or all 12 judges. An appeal will be referred to 7 judges for decision if there is a dissent written by a judge on one of the 3-judge panels. An appeal will be referred to all 12 judges for decision if the majority decision of a 3-judge panel would overrule a prior decision of the Court. A 3-judge or 7-judge panel may by majority vote request the case be decided by all 12 judges. A majority of the 12 judges must agree for all 12 to participate in the decision.