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Court of Appeals Affirms Municipality's Right To Permanent Injunction Enjoining Code Violations

Kyle Williams wrote 7 months ago: The Georgia Court of Appeals recently affirmed the right of municipalities to obtain a permanent inj … more →

Tags: Injuctive Relief, Georgia Counties, code violations, Georgia Court of Appeals, Jacobs v Chatham County, injunction, Jay Jacobs, Chatham county, Sherwin Robin

Georgia Court of Appeals Sets Aside Rezoning Decision Made Without Site Plan Where Local Zoning Ordinance Required Site Plan And Consideration of Specific Criteria

Kyle Williams wrote 8 months ago: The Georgia Court of Appeals reversed a Banks County rezoning decision as violative of its zoning or … more →

Tags: standing, Georgia Counties, Subdivision Regulations, rezoning, Harden v Banks County, Site Plan, Bobby Caudell, Willis and Bettie Harden, Robert Chandler

Coal Plant Proposal At Issue In Fulton County Superior Court Decision Concluding CO2 Regulated by Clean Air Act Abandoned

Kyle Williams wrote 10 months ago: The proposal for a new coal power plant in Early County Coal appears to be dead.  Dynegy Inc., the T … more →

Tags: Air Quality, Control & Rights, Friends of Chattahoochee v. EPD, Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore, Longleaf, Sierra Club, greenlaw, coal plant, Early county, Dynegy

GZB Publisher Wins at Georgia Supreme Court1 comment

Kyle Williams wrote 1 year ago: GZB creator and publisher Kyle Williams recently obtained a reversal from the Georgia Supreme Court … more →

Tags: standing, Georgia Counties, KYLE WILLIAMS, indispensable party, Stendahl v Cobb County

U.S. District Court, Northern Division of Georgia Concludes Outdoor Advertising Company Did Not Have Standing to Challenge Lawrenceville Sign Ordinance1 comment

Kyle Williams wrote 1 year ago: The United States District Court, Northern Division of Georgia granted a motion to dismiss in favor … more →

Tags: Georgia Cities, Signs & Outdoor Advertising, standing, Covenant Media of Georgia LLC v. City of Lawrenceville, Redressibility, casual relationship, billboards, Outdoor Sign Advertising

11th Circuit Implies Five Minute Time Limitation Inadequate Due Process

Kyle Williams wrote 1 year ago: The 11th Circuit Court of U.S. Appeals recently reversed a grant of a motion to dismiss and remanded … more →

Tags: Due Proces Rights, Kupke v. Orange County, Due Process, Deprivation of Property Without Due Process, Post-Deprivation Due Process, right to be heard

11th Circuit Affirms Bikini Bar Ordinance

Kyle Williams wrote 1 year ago: In what reads as a harsh criticism of the limited appellate challenge mounted, the 11th Circuit Cour … more →

Tags: Adult & Entertainment, 5634 East Hillsborough Avenue v. Hillsborough County Fl, bikini bar regulations, Secondary Effects

Georgia Supreme Court Affirms Counties' Right to Object to Annexation of Unincorporated Areas

Kyle Williams wrote 1 year ago: The Georgia Supreme Court has again affirmed that a county has standing to sue one of its cities to … more →

Tags: Georgia Cities, Georgia Counties, annexation, standing, Cherokee County v. City of Holly Springs, Hickory Flats

11th Circuit Strikes Down "Formula Retail" Prohibition as a Violation of the Dormant Commerce Clause1 comment

Kyle Williams wrote 1 year ago: The 11th Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals struck down a Islamorada, Florida – a village of … more →

Tags: Big Box Development, Historic Preservation, Interstate commerce, Dorman Commerce Clause, fast food chains, Formula Restaurant, Formula Retail, Islamorada, 11th Circuit

Georgia Court of Appeals Will Hear Fulton County Superior Court CO2 Decision

Kyle Williams wrote 1 year ago: The Georgia Court of Appeals has accepted the appeal of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thelma Wy … more →

Tags: Air Quality, Control & Rights, Friends of Chattahoochee v. EPD, Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore, Longleaf, Sierra Club, coal plant, Appeal, CO2, Fulton County

Fulton County Superior Court CO2 Decision Appealed2 comments

Kyle Williams wrote 1 year ago: At its heart the question is whether the Georgia Air Quality Act and the federal Clean Air Act (CAA) … more →

Tags: Air Quality, Control & Rights, Friends of Chattahoochee v. EPD, Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore, Longleaf, Sierra Club, greenlaw, coal plant, Appeal, Clean Air Act


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