Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Warren R. Calvert, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Francis C. Mulderig, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Robert B. Remar, Thomas J. Mew IV Rogers & Hardin LLP, William B. Carver, Robert J. Middleton Jr. Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Seth D. Kirschenbaum Davis Zipperman Kirschenbaum & Lotito, Christopher S. Anulewicz Balch & Bingham LLP,Thomas M. Byrne Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Cristine L. Patterson, Atlanta, Robert J. Proctor Proctor Hutchins Porterfield, Alpharetta, and David M. Baxter, Macon, for appellees. Other party representation: W. Scott Wright Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, Roland F. Hall Autry Horton & Cole LLP, Tucker, and Christopher M. Porterfield Proctor Hutchins Porterfield, Alpharetta.
Case Number: A10A0158
Sovereign immunity barred the plaintiffs' action, because the suit was a tax refund action on behalf of other taxpayers alleged to be similarly situated and the General Assembly has refused to exten