• Farm Credit of Northwest Fla. ACA v. Easom Peanut Co.

    Publication Date: 2011-09-30
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nowell D. Berreth, Lisa R. Bugni and Todd R. David Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant. Christina L. Folsom, William P. Langdale Jr. Langdale & Vallotton LLP, Valdosta, David A. Kendrick Floyd & Kendrick LLC, Bainbridge, Patrick S. Flynn, Albany, C. Edwin Rude Jr., Tallahassee, Fla. and Ernest A. Sellers Jr., Gainesville, Fla., for appellees.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A0816

    The trial court erroneously found that the peanut growers' reserved security interest in peanut crops had priority over the lending association's security interest until such time as the peanut brok

  • September 16, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

    DAVID BURTON joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld as a partner in New York in the tax and project finance and rene

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  • Oglethorpe Power Corp. v. Forrister

    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hugh B. McNatt McNatt Greene & Peterson, Vidalia, and Natalie M. Beasmen, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Michael D. McRae and Jason B. Sanker McRae, Stegal, Peek, Harman, Smith & Manning, Cedartown, for appellees. Other party representation: Steven T. Minor Tisinger, Tisinger, Vance & Greer, Carrollton, Charles T. Autry, Roland F. Hall Autry Horton & Cole LLP, Tucker, Peter M. Degnan and Jonathan E. Wells Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A09A2015

    Because the noise emanating from the exhaust stacks resulted from the essential method of the power plant's operation, the neighbors were limited to filing one cause of action for the recovery of p

  • Strength v. Lovett

    Publication Date: 2011-08-05
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Ellison Burnside, Wall, Daniel & Ellison, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard W. Hendrix Finch McCranie LLP, Atlanta, and Randolph Frails, Augusta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A11A0672

    The case was remanded for the trial court to address cause in fact, since the county sheriff properly raised the question of whether a driver, who was fleeing a traffic stop, might still have caused

  • Georgia Dep't of Revenue v. Trawick Constr. Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Warren R. Calvert, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Lourdes Gonzalez, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert G. Brazier and Michael S. Evans Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Timothy J. Peaden Alston & Bird, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A08A2323

    The gain from a sale of one company to another was excluded from Georgia taxable income, because O.C.G.A. § 48-7-21 applies only to elections made by corporate tax payers and the § 338 h 10 electio

  • Oglethorpe Power Corp. v. Forrister

    Publication Date: 2011-06-24
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Natalie M. C. Beasman Balch & Bingham LLP, placeCityAtlantaGregory M. Cole Autry, Horton & Cole LLP, Tucker, and Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia, for appellants. Jason B. Sanker, Michael D. McRae and Robert T. Monroe McRae, Stegall, Peek, Harman, Smith & Manning LLP, Cedartown, for appellees. Amicus appellants: Charles T. Autry, Roland F. L. Hall Autry, Horton & Cole, Tucker, Kristin H. Dial, Steven T. Minor Tisinger Vance PC, CityCarrolltonPeter M. Degnan and Jonathan E. Wells Alston & Bird LLP, placeCityAtlanta
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S10G1244

    Because the noise emanating from the exhaust stacks resulted from the essential method of the power plant's operation, the neighbors were limited to filing one cause of action for the recovery of p

  • Andrade v. Grady Mem'l Hosp. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2011-03-18
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lindsay R. Jones, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bernard Taylor and Sean A. Simmons Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A1869

    The plaintiffs failed to state a claim that a hospital violated a duty of care not to wrongfully abandon the medical tre it provided them because their complaint failed to allege that their tr

  • Muscogee County Bd. of Tax Assessors v. Pace Indus. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-02-18
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Travis C. Hargrove and Kirsten C. Stevenson Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford PC, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mary T. Benton and Timothy J. Peaden Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A1856

    The freeport exemption did not apply to a company's inventory in Georgia because the company was not holding the inventory for final shipment outside of the

  • MCG Health Inc. v. Owners Ins.

    Publication Date: 2011-02-04
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Allgood Enterprise Mill, David E. Hudson and Christopher A. Cosper Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley PC, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael C. Kendall Talley, French & Kendall PC, Douglasville, Sam G. Nicholson, Harry D. Revell Nicholson Revell LLP, David B. Bell, Bell & Bell Assocs., John C. Bell Jr. and Pamela S. James Bell & Brigham, Augusta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Donna P. Bergson Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta. Amicus Appellee: John D. Hadden Turkheimer & Hadden LLC, Atlanta, and Jason L. Crawford Daughtery, Crawford, Fuller & Brown LLP, Columbus.

    Case Number: S10G1142

    The statutory and regulatory scheme governing TRICARE does not provide any basis for allowing contracting civilian healthcare providers to collect their treatment costs from a third-party tortfeasor/

  • Muscogee County Bd. of Tax Assessors v. Pace Indus. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-01-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Travis C. Hargrove and Kirsten C. Stevenson Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mary T. Benton and Timothy J. Peaden Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A1856

    The freeport exemption did not apply to a company's inventory in Georgia because the company was not holding the inventory for final shipment outside of the