King v. King case update

Parties in King v. King, case number 208CV153409, met today and fulfilled the requirements of an order issued by Superior Court of Fulton County Judge Ural Glanville that a shareholders meeting be held. Parties to the case are continuing to negotiate differences in an effort to resolve the litigation, Judge Glanville said.

Motions hearings in the case are scheduled for Friday, Oct. 2, 2009 in Courtroom 5F of the Fulton Justice Tower, 185 Central Ave., Atlanta, GA 30303. Jury selection in trial of the case is set to begin at 9 a.m. on Oct. 12, 2009 in Courtroom 5F.

Superior Court Uniform Rule 22 request for recording in courtroom must be faxed to Judge Glanville’s chambers 24 hours prior to the next hearing. Fax number: 404-302-8595. Please request a return fax of an approved Rule 22 for presentation to security deputies at the 185 Central Ave. entrance to facilitate entry.

Judges vote to work without pay to keep court open

ATLANTA -- Fulton County Superior Court judges have voted to work three days without pay in response to the state’s fiscal crisis.

Chief Judge Doris Downs said the court’s judges will voluntarily reduce their salary by one day each month for the rest of this year.

“This is not a furlough, it is a voluntary reduction in pay” explained Chief Judge Downs. The Courts will remain open for business as usual.

“It is important to this bench that the public see no cuts in service,” she said. “The only cut will be in the judges’ salaries.”

The Fulton Superior Court bench adopted this cost-saving measure because the Georgia Constitution forbids judges’ salaries from being cut, but it does not prevent them from returning a portion of their pay.

Downs said that the Fulton Superior Court judges hope their action will prevent further cuts which will impact the Court’s ability to hear and decide cases.

The days that the judges are forfeiting their pay are October 9; November 25 and December 23.

Those days were selected because they coincide with furlough days adopted by some other jurisdictions.

Fulton Superior Court is the state’s largest and busiest trial court with more than 30,000 cases filed annually.