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# O.C.G.A. § 5-6-7. No decisions to be rendered ore tenus; publication of judgments and opinions.

No decision shall be rendered ore tenus. The reporter shall publish in the official reports of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals all judgments, but only those opinions which the courts shall direct to be published.

## History

Ga. L. 1866, p. 46, § 5; Code 1868, § 4210; Code 1873, § 4270; Code 1882, § 4270; Civil Code 1895, § 5583; Civil Code 1910, § 6202; Code 1933, § 6-1606; Ga. L. 1966, p. 493, § 9.

## Cross References

Motions for rehearing, Rules of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, Rule 48.

## Law Reviews

For article, ‘‘1966 Amendments to the Appellate Procedure Act of 1965,’’ see 2 Ga. St. B.J. 433 (1966).

For comment discussing the operation of stare decisis, in light of Walton v. Benton, 191 Ga. 548, 13 S.E.2d 185 (1941), see 3 Ga. B.J. 62 (1941).