Tuesday, November 4, 2014Lake Lanier Association By: Clyde Morris, Attorney for the Lake Lanier Association About a year ago, Florida asked for permission to file suit against Georgia in the Supreme Court of the United States, […] Read More
Tuesday, February 4, 2014Lake Lanier Association By: Clyde Morris, LLA Attorney On January 31, the State of Georgia filed its response to Florida’s motion for leave to file a complaint in the U. S. Supreme Court. […] Read More
Wednesday, October 9, 2013Lake Lanier Association We thought the Lake Lanier Association members would be interested in seeing this press release issued by the ACF Stakeholders group last week in relation to the latest legal threat […] Read More
Monday, June 25, 2012Lake Lanier Association By: Clyde Morris, Attorney for the Lake Lanier Association “The petitions for writs of certiorari are denied.” With those eight words, the United States Supreme Court put its stamp of […] Read More
Tuesday, June 28, 2011Lake Lanier Association By Bill Rankin, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The federal appeals court in Atlanta on Tuesday handed Georgia an enormous victory in the tri-state water litigation, overturning rulings by a federal judge that […] Read More
Wednesday, April 27, 2011Lake Lanier Association Pichon: Resolution in support of neighbors Michele Hester, [email protected] Dawson is the latest county to sign a resolution in favor of raising the water level of Lake Lanier. Forsyth, Gwinnett and […] Read More
Wednesday, March 30, 2011Lake Lanier Association The state senate passed a budget Wednesday that includes two million dollars to study raising the water level of Lake Lanier. Read More
Wednesday, March 9, 2011Lake Lanier Association A panel of judges on Wednesday appeared disinclined to let stand a ruling in the tri-state water dispute that, should it come to pass, could have catastrophic consequences for the metro region. The judges for the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals indicated they wanted to send the case back and order the Army Corps of Engineers, which operates Buford Dam, to make a final determination of how much water from Lake Lanier can be used to meet metro Atlanta's needs. Read More
Wednesday, March 9, 2011Lake Lanier Association A long-running dispute threatening metro Atlanta's main water supply for 3 million people went before appellate judges Wednesday who suggested they could revise or overturn a looming order that would severely restrict the city's use of water from Lake Lanier. Read More
Tuesday, March 8, 2011Lake Lanier Association The state of Georgia has its chance Wednesday to ask a federal appeals court in Atlanta to overturn a crushing ruling that said the metro area cannot rely on Lake Lanier to meet most of its water needs. Read More
Monday, July 26, 2010Lake Lanier Association Last week, Judge Paul Magnuson issued his ruling in Phase 2 of the Water Wars litigation His decision amounts to a major victory for us, and the first decision that has gone in Georgia's favor. Read More