• Hollis et al. v. City of Lagrange

    Publication Date: 2024-12-31
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Public Utilities | Tax
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: S24A0963

    Court vacates dismissal of complaint challenging city's utility charges as unconstitutional taxes and remands with direction for further review

  • Jones v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2024-12-13
    Practice Area: Public Utilities | Tax
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Hurt, Jr., (Hurt Stolz, PC), Watkinsville, Irwin W. Stolz, Jr., (Hurt Stolz, PC), Athens, John Floyd Woodham, (Woodham Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joel Aldrich Jothan Callins, (City of Atlanta Law Department), Atlanta, Michael James King, Richard Joseph Valladares, Steven Jason Rosenwasser, Ernest Lamont Greer, (Greenberg Traurig, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0652

    Court affirms in part and reverses in part a challenge to certain ordinances connected to water bills to Atlanta residents, and remands for further analysis of atlanta utility fees

  • Lincoln County v. Serenity Builders And Development, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-11
    Practice Area: Public Utilities | Tax
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Jackson, Lincolnton, John Long, (TuckerLong, P.C.), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Czura, (Attorney at Law), Evans, Jeffrey Peil, (Huggins Peil, LLC), Evans, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0825

    Court affirms ruling that Lincoln County's water availability assessment on undeveloped property Is an illegal tax and vacates ruling ordering property owners to continue payments

  • Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation v. Georgia Public Service Commission

    Publication Date: 2024-04-19
    Practice Area: Public Utilities
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Eckrote, Griffin Ingraham, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Lee Peifer, James Orr, Benjamin Reed, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jeffrey Stump, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Thomas Reilly, Thomas Bailey, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Robert Highsmith, Allen Hendrick, Talis Trevino, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for other party; Richard Tisinger, (Tisinger, Vance P.C.), Carrollton, for AM.

    Case Number: A23A1381

    Court affirms Public Service Commission's decision allowing Georgia Power to service Electric Vehicle charging station and rejects challenge based on interpretation of the Electric Service Act

  • Amy N. Cazier et al. v. Georgia Power Company

    Publication Date: 2023-02-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Public Utilities
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Frank Salter, Jr., Roy E. Barnes, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, James Glenn Richardson, (Talley, Richardson & Cable), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Middleton Droze, Robert Pursley Edwards, Jr., Thomas Edward Reilly, William Alexander Smith, Christopher John Kelleher, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Shondeana Crews Morris, Georgia, Jeffery O'Neal Monroe, (Macon Judicial Circuit), Macon, for other party.

    Case Number: S22C0513

    Law of the Case Doctrine Precluded Revisiting Reliance on Federal Chevron-Deference Review Principles

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  • City of Winder v. Barrow County

    Publication Date: 2022-11-28
    Practice Area: Public Utilities | Regulation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grant McBride, Andrew Welch, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White), McDonough, John Stell, (Stell, Smith & Mattison, P.C.), Winder, Brandon Palmer, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Angela Davis, Gregory Meyer, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee; Ernest Bennett (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Kenneth Lewis, (Lewis & Murphy, LLP), Winder, Walter Elliott, (Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding, P.C.), Valdosta, Jody Campbell, (Blum & Campbell, LLC), Peachtree Corners, Gregory Jay, (Chandler, Britt & Jay, LLC), Buford, Robert Wilson, (Robert Jackson Wilson, PC), Lawrenceville, for other party; Rusi Patel, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc.), Atlanta, Larry Ramsey, (ACCG), Atlanta, G. Scheuer, (Assistant General Counsel), Atlanta, Keith Blackwell, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for AM.

    Case Number: A22A0834

    Court affirms several orders in favor of County and against City in a dispute over collection of funds for road maintenance and water utility services

  • Cazier et al. v. Georgia Power Company

    Publication Date: 2021-12-28
    Practice Area: Public Utilities
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy Barnes, John Salter, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, James Richardson, (Talley, Richardson & Cable, P.A.), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Droze, Thomas Reilly, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Robert Edwards, Kevin Greene, Roger Reigner, (Troutman Sanders Lockerman & Ashmore), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1346

    Court affirms summary judgment for Power Company in a dispute over rates that were set in reliance on an administrative agency's interpretation of certain terms

  • City of Norcross v. Gwinnett County, Georgia

    Publication Date: 2020-06-18
    Practice Area: Government | Public Utilities
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Whalen, (The Whalen Law Firm, LLP), Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Ludwiczak, Tuwanda Williams, Murray Weed, (Gwinnett County Department of Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee. Melissa Perignat, Derek Krebs, (Holt Ney Zatcoff & Wasserman, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A20A1033

    County, as Owner of Easements, Retained Responsibility for Repair and Maintenance of Drainage System on Those Easements Following Annexation by the City

  • Georgia Interfaith Power & Light et al. v. Georgia Power Company

    Publication Date: 2019-12-06
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Public Utilities
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kurt Ebersbach, Stacy Shelton, Jillian Kysor, (Southern Enviromental Law Center), Atlanta, Roy Barnes, John Salter, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Greene, Steven Hewitson, Thomas Reilly, (Troutman Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Christopher Carr, Daniel Walsh, Robin Cohen, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A1426

    Public Service Commission's Order Following Scheduled Review of Construction Monitoring Report Was Not Final For Review Purposes

  • Goodhart et al. v. Atlanta Gas Light Company

    Publication Date: 2019-04-05
    Practice Area: Evidence | Public Utilities | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Shiver, R. Campbell, Alan Hamilton, (Shiver Hamilton, LLC), Atlanta, Angela Fox, Kurt Kastorf, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alexandra Nelson, John McDonald, Russell Rogers, (Thompson Hine LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Brantley Rowlen, Ronald Masterson, (Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A18A1965

    Gas Company Had No Duty to Ensure That Gas Connection to Appliance on Private Property Was Properly Secured