• New Cingular Wireless PCS LLC et al. v. Department of Revenue et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Tax | Telecommunications
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Anthony Vroon, (Law Offices of Bryan A. Vroon LLC), Atlanta, Margaret C. Wilson, (Wilson Law Group, LLC), Princeton, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Wright Banks, Jr., Alex Fredrick Sponseller, Christopher M. Carr, John Scott Forbes, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19G0802

    Telecom Had Representational Standing to Seek Tax Refunds on Behalf of Customers Retrospectively

  • Bellsouth Telecommunications, LLC et al. v. Cobb County, Georgia et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-28
    Practice Area: Telecommunications
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Curtis Garrett, John Jett, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP), Atlanta, Mark McCarty, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, J. Walker, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Frank Lowrey, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Scott Angstreich, (Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C.), Washington, Frank Lowrey, Amanda Seals, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy Barnes, John Bevis, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, Jeffrey Harris, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Savannah, Darren Penn, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, James Evangelista, David Worley, (Evangelista Worley LLC), Atlanta, W. Matthew Wilson, (Wilson Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee. Holly Pierson, (Pierson Law LLC), Atlanta, David Spalten, (Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A17A0265

    Counties Have No Implied Right of Action to Pursue Damages Claims for Telecommunications Providers' Alleged Failure to Fully Collect 911 Charges

  • Bellsouth Telecommunications, LLC et al. v. Cobb County et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-15
    Practice Area: Tax | Telecommunications
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: S17G2011

    Charge Imposed by Telephone Service Providers on Subscribers to Offset Costs of 911 Services Was Tax, Not Fee

  • New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC et al. v. Georgia Department of Revenue et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-27
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Tax | Telecommunications
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Vroon, (Law Offices of Bryan A. Vroon, LLC), Atlanta, Margaret Wilson, (Wilson Agosto LLP), Somerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Alex Sponseller, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Nancy Gallagher, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A2003

    Statute Providing Providers of Telecommunications Services With Standing on Behalf of Customers to Seek Tax Refunds Not Retroactively Applicable