Couch v. UNITED PAPERWORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION
Cases that cite this one
246 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.
- In re Jefferson (Ga. Ct. App. 2007)
- FLOYD FRANKLIN GENTRY, JR. v. GORDON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (Ga. Ct. App. 2025)
- FLOYD FRANKLIN GENTRY, JR. v. CITY OF CALHOUN POLICE DEPARTMENT (Ga. Ct. App. 2025)
- Steven McNeal Finney v. Georgia Department of Human Services, Ex Rel., Sire Finney (Ga. Ct. App. 2024)
- Cale Ragland v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 2024)
- DONTAY GOVAN v. WINDER NURSING, INC. (Ga. Ct. App. 2024)
- MARCELA RAMOS v. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE HOME FINANCE, LLC (Ga. Ct. App. 2024)
- EDWARD SMART v. LINDA JAN ARNOLD (Ga. Ct. App. 2024)
- Chadrus Brown v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 2024)
- Sierra Express, Inc. v. the Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania (Ga. Ct. App. 2024)
- JAKERRIA WILBURN v. KANYA WHITE (Ga. Ct. App. 2023)
- Elizabeth Denise Caldon Sorkness v. the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (Ga. Ct. App. 2023)
- In THE INTEREST OF E. M., CHILDREN (FATHER) (Ga. Ct. App. 2023)
- REBECCA EDWARDS SMITH v. ADEWUNMI O. SOBOWALE (Ga. Ct. App. 2023)
- Eugene French v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 2023)
- Robert Emmanuel Richardson v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 2023)
- Louise Biggers v. Exeter Finance, LLC (Ga. Ct. App. 2023)
- Mario Whitaker v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 2023)
- In re: Travis Bernard Fraley (Ga. Ct. App. 2023)
- Barry Alden Clark v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 2022)
- Eliot Rutledge v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 2022)
- Thomas H. Tribble v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 2022)
- Eliot Ryan Rutledge v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 2022)
- Gene Alonzo Freeman v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 2022)
- Carl Allen Lewis v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 2022)
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Opinion
Jerry James Couch, an inmate at Johnson Correctional Institute in Wrightsville, commenced this pro se action against the United Paperworkers International Union, and its Local 983, alleging employment discrimination against a disabled adult. On October 8, 1996, the trial court granted summary judgment for the defendants on the grounds of federal preemption and the running of the applicable statute of limitation. On November 8, 1996, Couch filed a notice of appeal but addressed it to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. He later attempted to amend the notice of appeal on November 25, 1996, redirecting the matter to the Court of Appeals of Georgia. But on December 3, 1996, the trial court dismissed the appeal as untimely. Couch has not appealed from that dismissal. Held:
“A notice of appeal shall be filed within 30 days after entry of the appealable decision or judgment complained of.” OCGA § 5-6-38 (a). Pretermitting whether, under the particular facts and circumstances of the case before this Court, a trial court is authorized to dismiss a notice of appeal on the ground that the same is not timely filed, it is the duty of this Court on its own motion to inquire into its jurisdiction. Thibadeau v. Hendon, 221 Ga. App. 258 (471 SE2d 52). “The proper and timely filing of a notice of appeal is an absolute requirement to confer jurisdiction upon the appellate court.” Jordan v. Caldwell, 229 Ga. 343, 344 (191 SE2d 530). In the case sub judice, plain *722 tiff’s notice of appeal is not timely. “Accordingly, we are without jurisdiction to consider this case. It must be dismissed.” White v. White, 188 Ga. App. 556, 557 (373 SE2d 824).
Appeal dismissed.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.