Court Opinion

ID: 9602005
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 01:51:17.639887+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:06:41.736016
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Clarke, Justice,
dissenting.
I regret that the majority in its opinion has taken us one step further from the precept pronounced by this court in its very first opinion: “It is presumed, until the contrary is proved, that every man obeys the mandates of the law, and performs all his official and social duties.” Doe v. Roe, 1 Ga. 3 (1846).
Per se disqualifications are not only harsh, they most often lead to impractical results. In my opinion our holding in Blumenfeld v. Borenstein, supra, authorizes a holding of no disqualification. I would have accepted such authority and so held.