In two earlier postings (“When a Published Decision is Not Binding Precedent,” posted April 8, 2013; “Binding Precedent Revisited,” posted July 25, 2013), this blog looked at the frequency with which the Georgia Court of Appeals has issued published decisions that are not binding precedent. If the case is decided by a three-judge panel of the Court and at least one of the judges concurs in whole or in part in the “judgment only,” that decision is not binding precedent as to that part of the decision in which a judge has so concurred. December 1, 2014 was the last… Read more