Publication Date: 2014-07-18
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Hudson, William J. Keogh III Hull Barrett PC, Augusta, Ryburn C. Ratterree, and Tracy A. O'Connell Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: John C. Bell Jr. Bell & Brigham, Augusta, Benjamin M. Perkins, Timothy D. Roberts, and Melissa L. Bailey Oliver Maner LLP, Savannah, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: Steven D. Caley GreenLaw, Atlanta. Neutral Amicus: William M. Droze, Douglas A. Henderson Troutman Sanders LLP, Randall D. Quintrell, Atlanta, Robert M. Brinson, Norman S. Fletcher Brinson Askew Berry Seigler Richardson & Davis LLP, Rome, Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia, Matthew M. Madden, Alan E. Untereiner Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP, John H. Beisner, Geoffrey M. Wyatt, and Jessica D. Miller Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, D.C.
Case Number: S13G1723
The trial court abused its discretion in certifying a class of property owners because the plaintiffs failed to satisfy the commonality requir