• 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

  • Lowndes County Board of Tax Assessors v. Lifesouth Community Blood Centers, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-12
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter Elliott, William Elliott, (Elliott Blackburn & Gooding PC), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Lowe, (Leach & Lowe LLC), Atlanta, Dabney Ware, (Foley & Lardner, LLP), Jacksonville, Kevin Hyde, (Foley & Lardner, LLP), Jacksonville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0963

    Court affirms ad valorem property tax exemption for community blood center that distributes blood products to hospitals but not directly to the public

  • Gateway Pines Hahira, LP v. Lowndes County Board of Tax Assessors

    Publication Date: 2024-09-30
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Bartholomew, Kristen Tullos Oliver, (Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, Robert Plumb, (Langdale Vallotton Linahan Wetherington), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter Elliott, William Elliott, (Elliott Blackburn PC), Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1370

    Court affirms inclusion of tax credits in property valuation for rent-restricted apartments

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  • Funvestment Group, LLC v. Crittenden

    Publication Date: 2024-08-13
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Oliver, Les Schneider, Thomas Walker, (Wimberly, Lawson, Steckel, Schneider & Stine, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald Stay, Alex Sponseller, Melody Chapman, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0193

    Court reverses its previous opinion and adopts Georgia Supreme Court ruling that gross revenues generated from coin-operated amusement machines are exempt from sales and use taxes

  • Barsamian v. Glynn County Board of Tax

    Publication Date: 2024-03-07
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Roberts, (Roberts Tate, LLC), St. Simons Island, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Carter, Amanda Szokoly, (Brown Reddick Bumgartner Carter Strickland & Watkins, LLP), Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1344

    Court affirms inclusion of the value of memberships in a private club in property tax valuations for purposes of property tax assessments

  • Freedom Heights, LP v. Lowndes County Board of Tax Assessors

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Preston, Kayla Barnes, (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter Elliott, William Elliott, (Elliott Blackburn & Gooding PC), Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1103

    Court affirms partial summary judgment in favor of county tax assessors in valuation dispute over rent-restricted apartment complex, finding that application of an income approach was inapplicable

  • State of Georgia v. Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-20
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ross Warren Bergethon, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tiana Scogin Mykkeltvedt Michael Brian Terry, Jane D. Vincent, Laurie Ann Taylor, Amber Danielle Greenaway, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Julia Blackburn Stone, Sarah Brewerton-Palmer, Katherine Wheeler Gamsey, (Caplan Cobb LLC), Atlanta, Cory H. Isaacson, Nneka Ewulonu, (ACLU of Georgia), Atlanta, Julia Kaye, Brigitte Amiri Rebecca Chan, Johanna Zacarias, (American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc.), New York, Kyla Eastling, (Planned Parenthood Federation of America), New York, Jiaman Alice Wang, Cici Coquillette, (Center for Reproductive Rights), New York, for appellee; Thomas M. Fisher, Theodore E. Rokita, James A. Barta, (Office of the Attorney General), Indianapolis, for Neutral Amicus; Jennifer Nava Ide, Atlanta, Rebecca Lunceford Kolb, Katherine L. D’Ambrosio, Jennifer Virostko, (Councill, Gunneman & Chally, LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0421

    Trial Court Erred in Finding LIFE Act Was Void Ab Initio Under Roe-Era Precedent That Controlled Prior to Recent Dobbs Ruling

  • Dekalb County et al v. City of Chamblee

    Publication Date: 2023-11-15
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Carothers, (Attorney at Law), Buford, Brian Dempsey, Thomas Mitchell, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Todd Pearson, (Molden & Associates), Atlanta, Winston Denmark, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Jonesboro, Paul Dzikowski, (Law Office of Paul J Dzikowski PC), Norcross, for appellee; Robert Reeves, Sarah Flanders, (Andersen Tate & Carr, P.C.), Duluth, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0798

    Court reverses denial of the County's motion to dismiss the City's claims for declaratory judgment, payment of back taxes, and assessment of occupancy taxes for airport leasehold interests