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Atlanta, Georgia

3 courts3 law schools8 law libraries80+ judges11,463 opinions mention this place

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia, as well as the urban core of one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States. With a 2008 estimated population of 537,958, Atlanta is the thirty-third largest city in the United States, and the 28-county Atlanta Metropolitan Area is the eighth largest such region in the United States, and the second largest in the Southeastern U.S. , behind Miami-Fort Lauderdale, with more than 5,376,285 residents. The Atlanta Combined Statistical Area, home to 5,729,304 people, is the eighth largest in the country. Considered a top business city and transportation hub, Atlanta is the world headquarters of The Coca-Cola Company, AT&T Mobility, and Delta Air Lines. The surrounding area contains additional corporate headquarters, including Home Depot and UPS. Atlanta has the country's third largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies along with Chicago and Minneapolis, although Home Depot, Newell Rubbermaid, and UPS are not located within city limits but are counted as being in the city, and more than 75 percent of the Fortune 1000 companies have a presence in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Atlanta metropolitan area has the tenth largest concentration of Fortune 500 headquarters tied with Boston, Cleveland, and Denver. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, which is located seven miles south of downtown Atlanta, is the world's busiest airport and the only major airport to serve the city. Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County and the fifth location for the seat of government of the state of Georgia. A small portion of the city of Atlanta corporate limits extends into DeKalb County. Residents of the city are known as Atlantans.

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Federal courts in Atlanta

Eleventh Circuit Court of AppealsCourt of Appeals
Georgia Northern District CourtDistrict Court
Georgia Northern Bankruptcy CourtBankruptcy Court

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Landmark decisions involving Atlanta

Atkins v. Virginia (2002)536 U.S. 304
United States v. Morrison (2000)529 U.S. 598
City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)521 U.S. 507
United States v. Lopez (1995)514 U.S. 549
Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)478 U.S. 186overruled
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (1985)469 U.S. 528
Monell v. Department of Social Services (1978)436 U.S. 658
Coker v. Georgia (1977)433 U.S. 584
Michelin Tire Corp. v. Wages (1976)423 U.S. 276
Runyon v. McCrary (1976)427 U.S. 160
National League of Cities v. Usery (1976)426 U.S. 833overruled
Hudgens v. National Labor Relations Board (1976)424 U.S. 507
Gregg v. Georgia (1976)428 U.S. 153
Andrews v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad (1972)406 U.S. 320
Furman v. Georgia (1972)408 U.S. 238
Price v. Georgia (1970)398 U.S. 323
Shapiro v. Thompson (1969)394 U.S. 618overruled
Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. (1968)392 U.S. 409
National Bellas Hess, Inc. v. Department of Revenue of Ill. (1967)386 U.S. 753overruled
South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966)383 U.S. 301
Katzenbach v. Morgan (1966)384 U.S. 641
United States v. Guest (1966)383 U.S. 745
Wesberry v. Sanders (1964)376 U.S. 1
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States (1964)379 U.S. 241

Most-cited decisions from Atlanta courts

Ranked by citation influence (CAP PageRank).

661 F2D 1206Bonner v. City of Prichard (1981)
431 F3D 784United States v. Talley (2005)
401 F3D 1226Sepulveda v. U.S. Attorney General (2005)
541 F3D 1323United States v. Moore (2008)
175 F3D 930United States v. Rodriguez De Varon (1999)
612 F3D 1160United States v. Irey (2010)
398 F3D 1291United States v. Rodriguez (2005)
515 F3D 1179United States v. Pugh (2008)
401 F3D 1282Forgue v. U.S. Attorney General (2005)
203 F3D 778United States v. Bravo (2000)
327 F3D 1283Mendoza v. U.S. Attorney General (2003)
385 F3D 1324Access Now, Inc. v. Southwest Airlines Co. (2004)

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Recent opinions from Atlanta courts

935 F3D 1304United States v. Baptiste (2019)
935 F3D 1279United States v. Taylor (2019)
935 F3D 1270Roth v. Nationstar Mortg., LLC (In re Roth) (2019)
935 F3D 1245Schink v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. (2019)
935 F3D 1228Tims v. Lge Cmty. Credit Union (2019)
935 F3D 1210In re Bowles (2019)
935 F3D 1192Bellitto v. Snipes (2019)
935 F3D 1183Huebner v. Bradshaw (2019)
935 F3D 1176Bowles v. Sec'y (2019)
935 F3D 1159Pesci v. Budz (2019)
935 F3D 1148Perez-Sanchez v. U.S. Attorney Gen. (2019)
934 F3D 1307Carvelli v. Ocwen Fin. Corp. (2019)

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Other cities in Georgia

Ordered by number of opinions mentioning each city.

Washington · 107,414
White · 46,504
Jackson · 37,432
Commerce · 36,916
Martin · 35,306
Douglas · 24,968
Nelson · 24,164
Howard · 23,807
Jersey · 19,273
Mitchell · 18,800
Morris · 17,030
Morgan · 16,083
Gibson · 15,436
Evans · 14,700
Boston · 13,839
Hamilton · 13,498
Collins · 13,175
Gray · 12,833
Gordon · 12,587
Coleman · 12,380
Dallas · 11,928
Register · 11,613
Cleveland · 10,642
Franklin · 10,314

Opinions mentioning Atlanta

99 F3D 413Paksippany Hotel Management Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
99 F3D 1466Smith v. City of Des Moines
99 F3D 151Bowers v. Atlanta Motor Speedway, Inc.
99 F3D 134Statewide Reapportionment Advisory Committee v. Beasley
99 F3D 1381Princeton University Press v. Michigan Document Services, Inc.
99 F3D 1155Briscoe v. Road Atlanta, Ltd.
98 F3D 351Lundell Manufacturing Co. v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
98 F3D 1354Whitehead v. City of Atlanta
98 F3D 1266United States v. Paradies
97 F3D 810Garcia v. Woman's Hospital of Texas
97 F3D 750United States v. Acklen
97 F3D 499Harris v. Chapman
97 F3D 1469Hammond v. City of Atlanta
97 F3D 1468Fazzini v. Warden of Atlanta Usp
97 F3D 1416International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine & Furniture Workers v. Statham
96 F3D 992Oliver v. Oshkosh Truck Corp.
96 F3D 849BellSouth Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission
96 F3D 1398Engel Industries, Inc. v. Lockformer Co.
96 F3D 114United States v. Virginia
95 F3D 787United States v. Mussari
95 F3D 1520United States v. Tokars
94 F3D 923Allen v. Lloyd's of London
94 F3D 632Riley v. Newton
94 F3D 421Spinden v. GS Roofing Products Co.
94 F3D 1489Redwing Carriers, Inc. v. Saraland Apartments
93 F3D 750Brandt v. First Union Corp.
93 F3D 1515Crosby v. Hospital Authority of Valdosta & Lowndes County
92 F3D 1561Jefferson County v. Acker
92 F3D 1561United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Park 'N Go of Ga., Inc.
92 F3D 1140Childree v. UAP/GA AG CHEM, Inc.
92 F3D 1135Nationalist Movement v. City of Cumming
91 F3D 884United States v. Kenney
91 F3D 416Massieu v. Reno
91 F3D 278Dryden Oil Company of New England, Inc. v. Travelers Indemnity Co.
91 F3D 163Assoc. Builders v. City of Atlanta
91 F3D 1293McGuire v. City of Portland
90 F3D 468Cofield v. Randolph County Commission
90 F3D 433Howard v. Mail-Well Envelope Co.
9 F3D 934United States v. Stone
9 F3D 198United States v. Skrodzki
89 F3D 804Shealy v. City of Albany
89 F3D 755Godfrey v. Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc.
89 F3D 1224Holt v. JTM Industries, Inc.
88 F3D 914Rice v. Ford Motor Co.
88 F3D 77Pashaian v. Eccelston Properties, Ltd.
87 F3D 522Competitive Telecommunications Ass'n v. Federal Communications Commission
87 F3D 484Johnson v. Securities & Exchange Commission
87 F3D 1379Louisiana Environmental Action Network v. Browner
87 F3D 1456Busse Broadcasting Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission
87 F3D 1261Osram Sylvania, Inc. v. Teamsters Local Union 528