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IT’S ABOUT TIME, or WADING THROUGH 30 YEARS OF WATER WARS
By: Clyde Morris, Attorney for the Lake Lanier Association It turns out Justice Amy Coney Barrett has a gift for brevity. She sure made quick work of the Water […] Read More
Water Wars Update – February 2019
WATER WARS: FLORIDA v. GEORGIA By: Clyde Morris, Legal Counsel to Lake Lanier Association Both States filed their supplemental briefs January 31 with Special Master Paul J. Kelly, Jr., and the […] Read More HO HO HO – THERE’S HOLIDAY CHEER IN THE WATER WARS!
Clyde Morris, Legal Counsel to the Lake Lanier Association, wrote the following summary of the most recent happenings with the U.S. Supreme Court for the benefit of Lake Lanier Association […] Read More Lake Lanier Association Urges Action in Response to Special Master’s Report
Gainesville – the Lake Lanier Association released today their first public statement after the release of the U.S. Supreme Court Special Master’s report related to the Florida v. Georgia Water […] Read More WATER WARS II Lake Lanier’s Own Version of “WW II”
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 Legal Update: Florida Supreme Court Lawsuit
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 ACF Stakeholders Group Press Release Regarding Florida Lawsuit
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 Supreme Court Upholds 11th Circuit Water Wars Ruling
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 Projects to manage water left in limbo
Local governments wait to hear judges’ decision Carolyn Crist, Gainesville Times Public utilities workers for Gainesville and Hall County are finding it hard to plan these days. With a looming […] Read More State Budget Includes Money to Study Raising Lake Lanier
The state senate passed a budget Wednesday that includes two million dollars to study raising the water level of Lake Lanier. Read More Remember Alabama’s Ally
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal recently told members of his state’s water-supply task force that he plans to resolve the water-war dispute with Alabama before going on to deal with Florida. Is this some sort of a “divide and conquer” tactic? Maybe. However, it also may be the simple recognition that setting an acceptable flow of water for the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa river basin may be the easiest of Georgia’s problems to deal with. Read More 