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  • Georgia Dept. of Labor v. Mcconnell et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen M. Pacious, Loretta L. Pinkston-Pope, Angela Ellen Cusimano, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott A. Schweber, (Schweber Green Law Group), Atlanta, Jefferson Madden Allen, (Cohen, Cooper, Estep & Allen, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Roy E. Barnes, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, Kenneth S. Canfield, (Doffermyre Shields Canfield Knowles), Atlanta, David J. Worley, (Evangelista Worley, LLC), Atlanta, Amy E. Keller, (Dicello Levitt Gutzler LLC), Chicago, Norman E. Siegel, Barrett J. Vahle, (Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP), Kansas City, Andrew N. Friedman, (Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC), Washington,, James Pizzirusso, (Hausfeld LLP), Washington, John A. Yanchunis, (Morgan & Morgan Complex Litigation Group), Tampa, Jason Ryan Doss, (The Doss Firm, LLC), Marietta, Eric H. Gibbs, (Girard Gibbs LLP), Oakland, Ariana J. Tadler, (Milberg Tadler Phillips Grossman LLP), New York, William H. Murphy, III, (Murphy Falcon & Murphy), Baltimore, Rodney Keith Strong, (Griffin & Strong, PC), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S18G1316

    Department of Labor has no sovereign immunity for plaintiff's tort claims, but the plaintiff's complaint failed to state a valid claim.

  • City of Guyton v. Barrow

    Publication Date: 2019-06-14
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ray Chandlar Smith, (City Attorney), Richmond Hill, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Lee Schwartz, (Jon L. Schwartz, Attorney at Law, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee. Isaac Byrd, Suzanne E. Success Osborne, John Edward Hennelly, James Doyle Coots, Christopher M. Carr, Andrew Alan Pinson, Margaret Kemmerly Eckrote, Ross Warren Bergethon, Jameson B. Bilsborrow, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S18G0944

    No antidegradation analysis required prior to issuing environmental permit for facilities with nonpoint water discharges

  • Schroeder v. Dekalb County et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Ates, (David Ates, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laura Johnson, Terry Phillips, (Counsel for the County of Dekalb), Decatur, Shaheem Williams, (Dekalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0551

    Appellate Court Rulings Unaddressed by State Supreme Court Decision Were Consistent With That Decision

  • Franklin v. Pitts

    Publication Date: 2019-05-17
    Practice Area: Whistleblower Laws
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Torin Togut, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Parsa Fattahi, Dominique Martinez, Kaye Burwell, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1724

    No Whistleblower Act violation where no causal link exists between an employee's grievance and alleged adverse employment actions

  • Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission et al. v. Epic Midstream, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-05-17
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Goss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pope Langstaff, (Law Office of J. Pope Langstaff), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linwood Lovett, (Lovett & Myers, LLC), Macon, Matthew Myers, (Myers Law Group, LLC), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1975

    Court cannot reweigh evidence but must defer to Zoning Board's findings of fact in its denial of an application for a special use permit

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  • Martin v. City of College Park

    Publication Date: 2019-05-16
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Doyle
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    Case Number: A17A0032

    Court must apply City charter requirements before applying Open Meetings Act

  • MCClendon v. Harper et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-14
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Leibel, Paul Menair, (Steven Leibel, PC), Cumming, For Appellant.
    for defendant: Lara Percifield, (Superior Court of Fulton County), Atlanta, Walter McClelland, (Mabry & McClelland LLP), Atlanta, For appellee.
    Case Number: A18A2075

    Court Affirms Grant of Summary Judgment to Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and Its Employees Upon Concluding That Plaintiff Had Failed to Support Claims with Evidence of Wrongdoing

  • McCrary v. Georgia Employee Retirement System

    Publication Date: 2019-05-13
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Long, (Long & Holder LLP), Atlanta, Todd Maziar, (Morgan & Morgan, Atlanta PLLC), Atlanta, Justin Wolfe, (Wolfe Law Group LLC), Atlanta, For Appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Lauren Julian Loeb, Elizabeth Williamson, (Office Of The Attorney General), Atlanta, For appellee.
    Case Number: A18A2015

    Court affirms rejection of former employee's petition for disability benefits

  • Shelnutt et al. v. The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-10
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Britt, Jeremy McKenzie, (Karsman, McKenzie & Hart), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jennifer Herman, (SAVANNAH CITY ATTORNEYS OFFICE), SAVANNAH, Shawn Kachmar. Hunter Maclean, David Burkoff, (Hunter Maclean Exley & Dunn, P.C.), Savannah, W. Stillwell, (Brooks Stillwell LLC), Savannah, For Appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1667

    Court denies firefighters' challenge to the administration of a city's pay policy

  • Georgia Lottery Corporation v. Patel

    Publication Date: 2019-05-09
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julie Jacobs, William Banks, Christopher Carr, Logan Winklesm Bernadett Rosszer, (Georgia Office of The Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly Burke, Ketan Patel, (Burke Lasseter LLC), Warner Robins, Jared Lina, James Goldstein, (Goldstein & Hayes, P.C.), Atlanta, Mark Spix, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee. Michael Lober, (Lober & Dobson), Woodstock, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A2143

    Georgia Lottery Ticket Constituted Written Contract, Precluding Sovereign Immunity Defense