Petitioner’s request for reconsideration of an ALJ’s final decision was denied because the Petitioner filed the request more than 10 days after entry of the final decision and Petitioner did not proffer any intervening development, change in controlling law, or any grounds to support the grant of such an extraordinary remedy.
Request for reconsideration denied. Read More
Petitioner established standing to contest the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’s grant of a land-application-system permit for construction of a wastewater treatment facility on land that was hydrologically connected to Petitioner’s property. Petitioner proved that that he was aggrieved or adversely affected by the permit by (1) demonstrating an injury in fact to the aesthetic and
Judges Michael Malihi, Barbara Brown, Lois Oakley, Stephanie Howells, Steve Teate, and Ana Kennedy, along with OSAH staff attorneys Dominic Capraro, Shoshana Elon, and Laurin McDonald, and budget administrator Dan Dollar, attended the symposium celebrating the Constitution 225 years after its ratification. The three-day symposium, held March 12th through 14th, presented panel discussions, a debate
OSAH judges and attorneys attend State Bar of Georgia’s Constitutional Symposium Read More
The inaugural issue of the Administrative Law Report was published one year ago in March 2013. Our goal is to keep judges, litigants and other interested parties informed of recent decisions and developments in Georgia’s administrative law. In the past year, we have published 234 decisions, which have been reviewed more than 60,000 times, to
Administrative Law Report, March 2014 Read More
The Administrative Law Section of the State Bar will host its first event of 2014 at Ri Ra Irish Pub on Tuesday, March 25 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Free drinks and appetizers will be provided for section members and one guest. Interested attorneys, judges, and law students can join the section for only $15.00
Bull River Bluff Properties, LLC, an applicant for a permit to build a marina over state-owned marshlands, did not meet its burden under the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act to show that existing public facilities cannot meet its water-related needs. As a general rule, a permit should not be granted where there are alternatives to constructing
No permit to build marina over marshlands where existing facilities can accommodate need. Read More
