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STATE v. SASS GROUP, LLC

S22A1243 S22A1244.

885 S.E.2d 761 (2023)

The STATE et al. v. SASS GROUP, LLC et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 15, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Tina Michelle Piper , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Cristina Maria Correia , Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Ross Warren Bergethon , Deputy Solicitor-General, Stephen John Petrany , Solicitor-General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Appellant.

Thomas Daniel Church , The Church Law Firm, LLC, 1875 Old Alabama Road, Suite 760, Roswell, Georgia 30076, Page Anthony Pate , Pate, Johnson & Church, LLC, 101 Marietta Street, Suite 3300, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee.

Andrew (Andy) J. Welch, III , Warren Michael Tillery , Brandon Filson Palmer , Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC, P.O. Box 10, McDonough, Georgia 30253, John Elwin Stell, Jr. , Stell, Smith & Mattison, P.C., P.O. Box 644, Winder, Georgia 30680, for Amicus Appellee.

The doctrine of sovereign immunity, as enshrined in our Constitution, bars suits against the State and its employees in their official capacities unless a statute or the Constitution itself specifically waives that immunity. See Ga. Const. of 1983, Art. I, Sec. II, Par. IX(e). The doctrine's history in Georgia is long and sometimes...

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