Legal Opinion

Department of Transportation v. McMeans

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 21, 2014No. S13G0614PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HINES, Presiding Justice.

This Court granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in McMeans v. Dept. of Transp., 319 Ga. App. 230 (734 SE2d 412) (2012), to consider whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that, in a condemnation proceeding, an individual can plead a business loss for a business operated on condemned property by a corporation that is solely owned by that individual. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the Court of Appeals was in error, and consequently, we reverse.

The facts as found by the Court of Appeals are the following. On October 27, 2010, the Department of…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Department of Transportation v. Dixie Highway Bottle Shop, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  2. Amason v. WhiteheadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  3. Heyde v. Xtraman, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  4. Department of Transportation v. Acree Oil Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  5. Miller v. Harco National InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001

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3Cited by13 opinions

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  2. Gebhardt v. McKeever (In re McKeever)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 2016
  3. Karen Powell-Newman v. Cobra 4 Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
  4. Emson Investment Properties, LLC v. Jhj Jodeco 65, LLCCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2019
  5. United States v. BushayDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 2014

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