U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2005

Georgia v. United States Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Decided September 19, 2005 · Barkett, George, Marcus

144 F. App'x 850

Counsel

Jeremy Todd Berry, McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Plaintiff-Appellant., William Middleton Droze, Troutman Sanders LLP, Bruce Perrin Brown, R. Todd Silliman, McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Appellants., Lewis B. Jones, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, for Appellant and IntervenorsAppellants., Lauren James Caster, Fennemore Craig, P.C., Phoenix, AZ, William S. Cox, III, W. Larkin Radney, IV, Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C., Matthew H. Lembke, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, LLP, Birmingham, AL, Mary Christine Roemer, Amy Levin Weil, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Atlanta, GA, Christopher M. Kise, Florida Solicitor General, Tallahassee, FL, Michael T. Gray, U.S. Dept, of Justice, James T. Banks, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Parker D. Thomson, Hogan & Hartson, LLP, Miami, FL, Donald G. Blankenau, Fennemore Craig, PC, Lincoln, NE, for Intervenors-Appellees.

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

In re MDL-1824 Tri-State Water Rights Litigation (11th Cir. 2011)
In re: MDL-1824 Tri-State Water Rights Litigation (11th Cir. 2011)
Alabama v. United States Army Corps of Engineers (11th Cir. 2011)

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The State of Georgia, Gwinnett County, the Atlanta Regional Commission, and the City of Gainesville appeal an order of abatement. The district court abated and administratively closed this case, pending final judgment in Alabama v. U.S. Corps of Engineers, No. CV-90-H-01331-E, a substantially similar case proceeding before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

We review the district court’s decision to abate on abstention grounds for abuse of discretion. See Ambrosia Coal and Constr. Co. v. Morales, 368 F.3d 1320, 1332 (11th Cir. 2004). Seeing none, we AFFIRM the abatement.

AFFIRMED.

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