I.	CIRCULATION OF CASES

1.	Each case will go to the other two judges on the division for review and initials. If one writes a dissent, the case must be shown to the judge to whom the case is assigned, and shown again to the other judge if he/she has already voted, and then it must be marked "Whole Court" and circulated. The prevailing judge will put the case out, correcting the judgment line on the last page of the opinion to include those concurring and those dissenting.

2.	If a judge writes a special concurrence, it is not necessary to circulate to the whole court unless it is otherwise a whole court case, but it is necessary that the opinion be shown to the assigned judge and the other judge on the division. Any time something new has been written, the case must be recirculated to all who have seen it before. Any memo or writing between judges shall be dated so as to show chronology, should circulate to author of the opinion first, and then recirculate .

J.	DISSEMINATING CASES

1.	After all the necessary judges have initialed the draft and it is returned to the assigned judge, the administrative assistant shall prepare the final opinion, photocopy eleven copies, put a brad in the original, staple remaining copies, complete the judgment line, and take the record with the original and nine copies to the clerk's office to be disseminated. If there are any dissents or special concurrences, they also must be collected and assembled behind the majority opinion before dissemination of the case. The judgment line must be changed to reflect any dissents or special concurrences. At the option of the judge-in-charge, photocopies shall be made by the clerk/court administrator's office.

2.	Opinions shall be released in any case whenever ready and in conformity with OCGA Section 15-2-4 (c), but not before oral argument if requested or the last date upon which oral argument may be requested. (Source: January 1994 Banc meeting).

3.	Examples of proposed, suggested and approved judgment lines are attached in Appendix 9 and should be used whenever possible to maintain uniformity.

4.	In certain cases involving security risks, judgment lines may disseminate as "Division Per Curiam , All Judges Concur." (Source: Minutes, January 1996 Banc meeting).

5.	If the original opinion is published and the Supreme Court reverses the opinion, the rewritten opinion shall be published. (Source: January 1996 Banc meeting).

N.	ORDERS

1.	Judges shall draw their own orders except for routine orders. The clerk/court administrator, when obtaining orders or directions from a judge or judges, shall reduce the same to writing and shall obtain thereon the initials of the judge or judges who gave the order or direction. Such orders or directions shall be maintained in the file.

2.	Orders shall be released whenever ready. See OCGA Section 15-4-2 (c). (Source: January 1994 Banc meeting).