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o f t h e S t a te o f

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Th e Co u rt

o f Ap p ea l s h er eb y p a s s es t h e f

o ll owi n g o r der :

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In t h i s ci v i l act i o n , th e p l ai n t i ff FXM

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fi led i n t h i s Co u rt a d i rect ap p eal o f t h e tri al co u rt ’ s o rd er g ran t i n g m o t i o n s t o s eal

p o rt i on s o f t h e reco rd t h at were fi l ed b y s ev eral d efen d an t s

. 1

Pu rs uan t t o Un i fo rm Su p eri o r Co u rt Ru l e 2 1 .4

, “ a[n ] o rd er l im i t in g acces s [t o

co u rt reco rd s ] m ay b e rev iewed b y i n t erl o cu t o ry ap p l i cat i o n t o t h e Su p rem e Co u rt .”

Recen t ly

, th e Su p rem e Co urt d i s cu s s ed wh et her i t h as ju ri s d i ct i o n o v er cas es

i n v o l v i n g an o rd er s o l i m i t i n g acces s wh ere t h e c a s e d o es n o t o t h erwi s e fal l wi t h in

i t s ju ri sd i ct i o n :

In m o s t cas es , o u r ap p el l at e ju ri s d i c t i o n i s p res cri b ed b y th e

Co n st i tu t i o n

. . . . Th e b as i s fo r o u r ap p el l at e ju ri s d i ct i o n u n d er Ru l e 2 1 .4

i s u n cl ear i n cas es th at are n o t o t h erwi s e wi t h i n o u r a pp el l at e ju ri s di ct i o n

. It m ay b e t h at i n cas es n o t o th erwi se wi t h in o ur ex cl u s iv e ju ri s di ct i o n , d i rect ap p e l l a t e ju ri s d i ct i on i s v es t ed i ns t ead i n t h e Co u rt

o f Ap p eal s

.

Mer ch a n t La w F

i rm, P.C. v. Emer

s o n , 3 0 1 Ga. 6 09

, 6 13 n .2 (1 ) (a) (8 0 0 SE2 d 5 5 7 )

1 Th e p l ai nt i ff al s o fi led in t h e Su p rem e Co u rt an ap p li cat i o n fo r i n t erl o cu t o ry

rev i ew o f t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s o rd er, wh i c h t h e S u p rem e Co u rt d en ied

. See Su p rem e Co u rt Cas e No . S1 8 I0 7 9 8 (d en i ed M ar. 1 , 2 0 1 8 ). May 09, 2018(2 0 1 7); s ee al s o In r e At l a nt a Jo u r n a l -Co n st i t u t io n , 2 6 9 Ga. 5 8 9 (5 0 2 SE2 d 7 2 0 )

(1 9 9 8) (d i s cu s s i n g Ru le 2 1 ). Ho wev er, t h e Su p re m e Co u rt d ecl i n ed t o res o l v e t h e

i s su e i n Mer ch a n t La w Fi r m, P.C. Th u s, i t ap p ears t h at ju ri s d i ct i o n ov er t h e i n s t an t

ap p eal m ay li e i n t h e Su p rem e Co u rt

. As t h e Su p rem e Co u rt h as t h e u l t i m at e

res p o n s i b i l i t y

fo r d et erm i n in g ap pel l at e ju ri s d i ct i o n, s ee S a xt o n v. Co as t a l Di a l

ys i s

& Med

. Cl i n i c, 2 6 7 Ga. 17 7

, 1 7 8 (4 7 6 SE2 d 5 8 7 ) (1 9 9 6 ), t h i s ap peal i s h ereb y

TRANSFERRED t o t h e Su prem e Co u rt fo r d i s p os i t i o n

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C o u r t o f A p p e a l s o f t h e S t a t e o

f G e o r g ia

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, A t la n t a
,

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I c e r ti fy t h a t t h e a b o v e is a tr u e e x t r a c t f r o m

t h e m i n u t e s o

f t h e C o u r t o

f A p p e a l s o f G e o r g i a

. W i tn e s s m y s i g n a t u r e a n d t h e s e a l o

f s a i d c o u r t

h e r e t o a f f i x e d t h e d a y a n d y e a r l a s t a b o v e w r i t t e n

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, C l e r k

. 05/09/2018