Legal Opinion
TelecomUsa, Inc. v. Collins
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 5, 1990No. S90A0558, S90X0559, S90A0560, S90X0561, S90A0562, S90X0563PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Chief Justice.
TELECOM*USA, Inc. (“Telecom”), Colonial Pipeline Company (“Colonial”), and Plantation Pipe Line Company (“Plantation”) are public utilities which own property in various Georgia counties. Each of the companies brought an action in Fulton County Superior Court to challenge the 1989 ad valorem tax assessments on their property. Because of uncertainty about the procedural requirements of the newly amended OCGA § 48-2-18, the utilities joined the county boards of tax assessors and county commissioners as parties in the Fulton County action and simultaneously filed separate…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Thompson v. Eastern Air Lines Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1946
- Department of Transportation v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
- Buice v. DixonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
- Griffin v. United Services Life InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1945
3Cited by64 opinions
- Colonial Pipeline Company, and Other Persons Similarly Situated v. Marcus E. Collins, Sr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- Busch v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
- Read v. BenedictCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
- Diefenderfer v. PierceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990
- Judicial Council of Ga. v. BROWN & GALLOSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
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