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  • City of Atlanta v. Hotels.com

    Publication Date: 2011-05-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wade H. Tomlinson III Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood, Columbus, Michael L. McGlamry, William U. Norwood III, Neal K. Pope, R. Timothy Morrison, Charles N. Pope Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood, Robert M. Travis, Michael P. Carey and John R. Bielema Jr. Bryan Cave Powell Goldstein LLP, Atlanta, for city of Atlanta. Emmett J. Bondurant, Frank M. Lowrey IV Bondurant, Mixon & Elmore LLP, Robin A. Schmahl, Edward K. Smith Jones Day, Brett A. Rogers, Richard H. Sinkfield Rogers & HardinLLP, Atlanta, Mark J. Altschul, Jeffrey Rossman, Elizabeth B. Herrington McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, Ill., Brian S. Stagner, Marcus G. Mungioli, Chad Arnette Kelly, Hart & Hallman LLP, Fort Worth, Texas, Deborah S. Sloan, James P. Karen Jones Day, Dallas, Texas, and Karen L. Valihura Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, Del., for Hotels.com. Amicus: David G. Archer Archer & Lovell PC, Cartersville, Robert M. Brinson, Samuel L. Lucas, J. Anderson Davis, Norman S. Fletcher Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis LLP, Rome, John W. Crongeyer Crongeyer Law Firm PC, Davis W. Davenport, Robert C. Lamar, Keith A. Pittman Lamar, Archer & Cofrin LLP, Kenneth N. Winkler Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson LLP, Matthew J. Simmons Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough LLP, and Kevin A. Ross, Atlanta, and Walter J. Gordon Sr. The Gordon Law Firm, Hartwell.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S11A0508; S11X0509; S11A0510; S11X0512

    The amount that is taxable pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 48-13-50 et seq.-pertaining to city of Atlanta hotel occupancy taxes-is the retail room rate an online travel company charges its consumers, and not