Attorney Claude M. Kicklighter Jr.'s Legal Cases

Government contracts

Effingham County Board of Commissioner v. Park West Effingham, L.P.

Mar 23, 2011

OUTCOME: Judgment affirmed.

"The letter of credit and the minimum payment constitute pre-payment of impact fees for the purpose of retiring the county's debt with GEFA. This is not merely collateral or incidental to performance o ... f the agreement, but constitutes the entire method of calculating, collecting and enforcing payment. As such, it violates OCGA § 36-71-4(d) by requiring the pre-payment of impact fees. The trial court did not err in granting Park West summary judgment on this issue." EFFINGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS v. PARK WEST EFFINGHAM, L.P., 708 S.E. 2d 619 (2011).

Government

Coastal Water and Sewerage Co. v. Effingham County Industrial Development Authority

Nov 15, 2007

OUTCOME: Decided

An LLC that had a contract to provide water and sewer services to condemned property was not entitled to compensation. The LLC's claims involved anticipated profits based on a planned but not completed ... contract, and the contract itself had not been appropriated for public use, only rendered impossible to perform because of the land condemnation.

Criminal defense

136 F.3d 756

Mar 05, 1998

OUTCOME: The district court's denial of the Appellant's new trial motion must be and is REVERSED. The judgment is VACATED, and the case is REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

The issue for review required the Court to ask if a magistrate judge may preside over jury selection in a civil case despite the properly preserved objection of one of the parties.

Claude M. Kicklighter Jr.'s Legal Cases (3)

Effingham County Board of Commissioner v. Park West Effingham, L.P.

Coastal Water and Sewerage Co. v. Effingham County Industrial Development Authority

136 F.3d 756