Glass et al. v. Faircloth et al.

Publication Date: 2024-04-11

Practice Area: Trusts and Estates

Industry:

Court: Georgia Court of Appeals

Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle

Attorneys:

For plaintiff: Letitia McDonald, Lohr Beck-Kemp, Peter Diaz, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Robert Reeves, Thomas Tate, Robert Thomas, Dana Lohrberg, (Andersen, Tate & Car, P.C.), Duluth, Nathan Hovey, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Mandi Goodman, Atlanta, for appellant.

For defendant: Gerald Davidson, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, J. Randolph Evans, Derek Centola, (Squire Patton Boggs), Atlanta, James Lamberth, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Dara Mann, (Squire Patton Boggs LLP), Atlanta, James Manley, Jill Kuhn, (Troutman Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Zachary Johnson, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Charli Davis, Atlanta, for appellee.

Case number: A23A1402

Court reverses injunction for former trustees' legal fees in Trust dispute, and affirms that no reimbursement of fees paid to former trustees is required

City of Winder v. Barrow County

Publication Date: 2024-04-01

Practice Area: Government

Industry: State and Local Government

Court: Georgia Supreme Court

Judge: Justice McMillian

Attorneys:

For plaintiff: Andrew (Andy) J. Welch, III, Warren Michael Tillery, Brandon Filson Palmer, Grant E. McBride, John Elwin Stell, Jr., (Smith, Welch, Webb & White LLC), McDonough, Harold David Melton, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.

For defendant: Angela Edwards Davis, Gregory Aaron Meyer, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Rusi Chandrashkhar Patel, Ryan Robert Bowersox, Kevin H. Jeselnik, (Georgia Municipal Association), Atlanta, Quinton G. Washington, David N. Dreyer, (Washington Dreyer & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, Keith Robert Blackwell, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Jeffrey Shelton Akins, (Bulloch County Board of Commissioners), Statesboro, Joy Lynn Edelberg, (Horne & Edelberg P.C.), Dahlonega, Patrick DeBorde Jaugstetter, Kenneth Edward Jarrard, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, Lawrence Allyn Stockton, Jr., (Stockton & Stockton, LLC), Clayton, Michael Peter Ludwiczak, David D. Gottlieb, (Walker County, Georgia Government), Lafayette, Nancy Ladson Rowan, (Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP), Atlanta, Walter Gus Elliott, II, (Elliott Blackburn PC), Valdosta, Larry Wayne Ramsey, Jr., G. Joseph Scheuer, (Association County Commissioners of Georgia), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee; Ernest Ronald Bennett, Jr., (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Jody Charles Campbell, (Blum & Campbell, LLC), Peachtree Corners, Gregory David Jay, (Chandler, Britt, Jay & Beck, LLC), Buford, Robert Jackson Wilson, (Webb Tanner Powell Mertz & Wilson LLP), Lawrenceville, Kenneth James Lewis, (Lewis LAW), Winder, for other party.

Case number: S23G0341

Court clarifies aspects of the Services Delivery Strategy Act in disputes between municipalities and a county, with specific focus on road maintenance and water utility fees for unincorporated areas