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Supreme Court of Georgia / Joined 1953 / Active

Charles W. Worrill

Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia

Charles W. Worrill is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, serving since 1953. He previously served on the Court of Appeals of Georgia. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1887–1972
Tenure: Since 1953 · 73 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1949	Court of Appeals of Georgia	–	–
1953	Supreme Court of Georgia	–	–

Education

Mercer University
University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Judicial Record

In our data, Worrill authored 262 published opinions for the court (1940–1954), plus 4 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: Georgia Casualty & Surety Co. v. Turner (34 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 102 of these were attributed to Worrill by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1952	Georgia Casualty & Surety Co. v. Turner	71 S.E.2d 773	34
1952	Peggy Ann of Georgia Inc. v. Scoggins	71 S.E.2d 89	33
1953	Gay v. Healan	77 S.E.2d 47	30
1950	Roberts v. Hill	58 S.E.2d 465	25
1953	Brady v. Glosson	74 S.E.2d 253	24
1952	Equitable Credit Corp. v. Johnson	72 S.E.2d 816	23
1950	Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Sharpe	62 S.E.2d 427	23
1953	American Mutual Liability Insurance v. Satterfield	76 S.E.2d 730	22
1953	Johnson v. Strickland	76 S.E.2d 533	21
1949	Walker v. Sheehan	56 S.E.2d 628	21
1953	Wilson v. Harrell	75 S.E.2d 436	20
1953	Jackson v. Matlock	74 S.E.2d 667	20
1950	EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY OF ALABAMA v. Bass	58 S.E.2d 516	20
1950	Andrews v. Lofton	57 S.E.2d 338	20
1949	Parsons v. Foshee	55 S.E.2d 386	19

Showing the 15 most-cited of 267 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Supreme Court of Georgia reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.
Which court is Charles W. Worrill on?: Charles W. Worrill is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.

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73 years on the Supreme Court of Georgia. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).