Yntema v. Smith

Summary

The Supreme Court of Georgia denied Howard Yntema’s petition for a writ of certiorari from an interlocutory appeal involving a consent order restricting speech. The concurrence reasoned that Yntema had consented to the order and waived any rights it might otherwise have violated, while expressing substantial concerns about the order’s application to his nonparty wife, Kitty, under free-speech and due-process principles. The concurrence concluded that Kitty had not petitioned for certiorari and that the case did not warrant sua sponte review.