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CENTRAL OF GA. R. CO. v. PUBLIC SERV. COMM.

43653.

257 Ga. 217 (1987)

356 S.E.2d 865

CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 8, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alston & Bird, Earle B. May, Jr., Hall, Bloch, Garland & Meyer, Benjamin M. Garland, for appellant.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, H. Jeff Lanier, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees.

Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman & Ashmore, Norman L. Underwood, amicus curiae.

SMITH, Justice.

We granted a writ of certiorari in this case to determine the proper standard for the Georgia Public Service Commission (the Commission) to use in determining whether it should approve a condemnation action by a railroad filed for the purpose of expanding and improving the railroad. The trial court adopted the standard proposed by the railroad, and the Court of Appeals, in reversing, adopted the standard proposed by the Commission. We find that the...

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