CAZIER v. GEORGIA POWER COMPANY

Case No. S22C0513.

883 S.E.2d 517 (2023)

Amy N. CAZIER et al. v. GEORGIA POWER COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 27, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy E. Barnes , John Frank Salter Jr. , The Barnes Law Group, LLC, 31 Atlanta Street, Marietta Georgia 30060, James Glenn Richardson , Talley, Richardson & Cable, 367 West Memorial Drive, Dallas Georgia 30132, for Appellant.

William Middleton Droze , Robert Pursley Edwards Jr. , Thomas Edward Reilly , William Alexander Smith , Christopher John Kelleher , Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, LLP, 600 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 3000, Atlanta Georgia 30308-2216, for Appellee.

Shondeana Crews Morris , Judge, DeKalb Superior Court, Georgia 30303, Jeffery O'Neal Monroe , Macon Judicial Circuit, 601 Mulberry St., Suite 308, Macon Georgia 31201, for Other Party.

The Supreme Court today denied the petition for certiorari in this case.

Peterson, P.J., Bethel and LaGrua, JJ., and Judges Jeffrey O. Monroe and Shondeana Morris concur. Boggs, C.J., Warren, Ellington, McMillian, and Pinson, JJ., disqualified, and Colvin, J., not participating.


I concur in the Court's denial of certiorari in this case. The issues here have gravity, and Cazier makes a number of good points: interpreting the law is the role of courts; judicial deference to executive branch legal interpretations poses a risk to the separation of powers; and, in any event, whatever...

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