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  • Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation v. Georgia Public Service Commission

    Publication Date: 2024-04-19
    Practice Area: Public Utilities
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Eckrote, Griffin Ingraham, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Lee Peifer, James Orr, Benjamin Reed, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jeffrey Stump, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Thomas Reilly, Thomas Bailey, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Robert Highsmith, Allen Hendrick, Talis Trevino, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for other party; Richard Tisinger, (Tisinger, Vance P.C.), Carrollton, for AM.
    Case Number: A23A1381

    Court affirms Public Service Commission's decision allowing Georgia Power to service Electric Vehicle charging station and rejects challenge based on interpretation of the Electric Service Act

  • Amy N. Cazier et al. v. Georgia Power Company

    Publication Date: 2023-02-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Public Utilities
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Frank Salter, Jr., Roy E. Barnes, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, James Glenn Richardson, (Talley, Richardson & Cable), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Middleton Droze, Robert Pursley Edwards, Jr., Thomas Edward Reilly, William Alexander Smith, Christopher John Kelleher, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Shondeana Crews Morris, Georgia, Jeffery O'Neal Monroe, (Macon Judicial Circuit), Macon, for other party.
    Case Number: S22C0513

    Law of the Case Doctrine Precluded Revisiting Reliance on Federal Chevron-Deference Review Principles

  • City of Winder v. Barrow County

    Publication Date: 2022-11-28
    Practice Area: Public Utilities | Regulation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grant McBride, Andrew Welch, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White), McDonough, John Stell, (Stell, Smith & Mattison, P.C.), Winder, Brandon Palmer, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Angela Davis, Gregory Meyer, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee; Ernest Bennett (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Kenneth Lewis, (Lewis & Murphy, LLP), Winder, Walter Elliott, (Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding, P.C.), Valdosta, Jody Campbell, (Blum & Campbell, LLC), Peachtree Corners, Gregory Jay, (Chandler, Britt & Jay, LLC), Buford, Robert Wilson, (Robert Jackson Wilson, PC), Lawrenceville, for other party; Rusi Patel, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc.), Atlanta, Larry Ramsey, (ACCG), Atlanta, G. Scheuer, (Assistant General Counsel), Atlanta, Keith Blackwell, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A22A0834

    Court affirms several orders in favor of County and against City in a dispute over collection of funds for road maintenance and water utility services

  • Cazier et al. v. Georgia Power Company

    Publication Date: 2021-12-28
    Practice Area: Public Utilities
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy Barnes, John Salter, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, James Richardson, (Talley, Richardson & Cable, P.A.), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Droze, Thomas Reilly, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Robert Edwards, Kevin Greene, Roger Reigner, (Troutman Sanders Lockerman & Ashmore), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1346

    Court affirms summary judgment for Power Company in a dispute over rates that were set in reliance on an administrative agency's interpretation of certain terms

  • City of Norcross v. Gwinnett County, Georgia

    Publication Date: 2020-06-18
    Practice Area: Government | Public Utilities
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Whalen, (The Whalen Law Firm, LLP), Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Ludwiczak, Tuwanda Williams, Murray Weed, (Gwinnett County Department of Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee. Melissa Perignat, Derek Krebs, (Holt Ney Zatcoff & Wasserman, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1033

    County, as Owner of Easements, Retained Responsibility for Repair and Maintenance of Drainage System on Those Easements Following Annexation by the City

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    Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings and Related Torts in Pennsylvania, Second Edition

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  • Georgia Interfaith Power & Light et al. v. Georgia Power Company

    Publication Date: 2019-12-06
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Public Utilities
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kurt Ebersbach, Stacy Shelton, Jillian Kysor, (Southern Enviromental Law Center), Atlanta, Roy Barnes, John Salter, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Greene, Steven Hewitson, Thomas Reilly, (Troutman Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Christopher Carr, Daniel Walsh, Robin Cohen, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A1426

    Public Service Commission's Order Following Scheduled Review of Construction Monitoring Report Was Not Final For Review Purposes

  • Goodhart et al. v. Atlanta Gas Light Company

    Publication Date: 2019-04-05
    Practice Area: Evidence | Public Utilities | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Shiver, R. Campbell, Alan Hamilton, (Shiver Hamilton, LLC), Atlanta, Angela Fox, Kurt Kastorf, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alexandra Nelson, John McDonald, Russell Rogers, (Thompson Hine LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Brantley Rowlen, Ronald Masterson, (Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A1965

    Gas Company Had No Duty to Ensure That Gas Connection to Appliance on Private Property Was Properly Secured

  • Rosser v. Clyatt et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-29
    Practice Area: Public Utilities | Whistleblower Laws
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Langdale, Kathryn Parrish Bennett, (Langdale & Vallotton LLP), Valdostsa, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Lehman, (Thomas L. Lehman), Cairo, Robert Middleton, (Hall, Booth, Smith P.C.), Cairo, Gabriel Ridley, Albany, The Ridley Law Firm, LLC), Cairo, Kathryn Dunnam, (Hall, Booth, Smith, P.C.), Albany, for appellee. David E. Hudson, Augusta, David Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for amicus curiae.
    Case Number: A18A0843

    No slander for opinion statements published about public figures, and no injunction available to preclude dissemination of non-harmful information.

  • Georgia Power Company v. Cazier et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-17
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Public Utilities
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Middleton Droze, Robert Pursley Edwards Jr., Lindsey Bowen Mann, Roger S. Reigner Jr. (Troutman Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy E. Barnes, John Frank Salter Jr. (The Barnes Law Group LLC), Marietta; James Glenn Richardson (Talley, Richardson & Cable), Dallas, for appellee. Sarah Hawkins Warren, Andrew Alan Pinson (Department of Law), Atlanta, for amicus appellant.
    Case Number: S17G0706

    Petitioners were not required to exhaust any administrative remedy before proceeding with their action against power company.

  • City Of Union Point v. Greene County et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-25
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Public Utilities
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Jackson Welch III, Warren Michael Tillery, Brandon Filson Palmer, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), McDonough; M. Joseph Reitman Jr. (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher J. Hamilton, Kenneth Paul Robin, Angela Edwards Davis (Jarrard & Davis LLP), Cumming, for appellee. Barry Abbott Fleming, Frank Adam Nelson (Fleming & Nelson LLP), Evans; Edward Fowler Preston, Timothy Marzine Tanner, George T. Talley (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta; Sarah L. Crile, Christopher M. Carr, William Wright Banks Jr., Julie Adams Jacobs (Department of Law), for amicus appellant. Walter Gus Elliott II, James L. Elliott, William Gus Elliott II (Elliott Blackburn & Gooding PC), Valdosta; Rusi Chandrashkhar Patel (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc), Atlanta, for amicus appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1878

    The Court partially affirmed, partially reversed, and partially vacated the trial court's order in a dispute between a County and a City over who should pay for public services under the Service Delivery Strategy Act.