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  • Western Sky Fin. LLC v. State of GA

    Publication Date: 2016-12-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Lawrence Ashe Jr., Nancy H. Baughan, William J. Holley II, Scott E. Zweigel Parker Hudson Rainer Dobbs LLP, Atlanta, Joseph L. Barloon, Austin K. Brown, Jennifer Z. Gindin, Clifford M. Sloan Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher Flom LLP, Washington, DC, and Thomas J. Nolan Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher Flom LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Western Sky Fin.. Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Deputy Attorney General, Daniel S. Walsh, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charlene R. Swartz, Assistant Attorney General, Monica A. Sullivan, Timothy A. Butler, and Andrew D. Chesser Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for State of GA.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S16A1011; S16X1012

    The trial court properly denied defendants' motion to dismiss State's suit alleging that defendants violated the Payday Lending Act by engaging in a small-dollar lending enterprise that collected il

  • City of Atlanta v. Hotels.com

    Publication Date: 2011-05-27
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    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