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G eo rg ia

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Geo rg i a Po wer Co m

pan y s o u g h t an o rd er en jo i n i n g Parl i am en t Ho u s e

Pro p ert i es , In c., J i m

m y Key Ca m

p e r Park

, J am es R. Key

, an d Ti m F. St eed l ey (co l l e c t i v el y “ Parl i am en t Ho u s e”) fro m en cro ach i n g an d t res p as s i n g o n Geo rg i a

Po wer’ s eas em en t / ri g h t of way acro s s Parl i am en t Ho u s e’ s p ro p ert y

. In a fi n al o rd er,

t h e t ri al co urt fo u n d t h at Parl i am en t H o u s e v io l at ed t h e ex p res s t erm s o f t h e

eas em en t s , an d g ran t ed Geo rg i a Po wer’ s req u es t fo r p erm an en t i nju nct i v e rel i ef.

Parl iam en t Ho u s e ap p eal s f r o m t h e g ran t o f t h is in

ju nct i o n

. W e, h o wev er, l ack
ju ri s d i ct i o n

. Th e Geo rg i a Co n s t i t u ti o n g ran t s t h e Su p rem e Co urt g en eral ap p el l at e ju ri s d i ct i o n ov er “ al l eq u i ty cas es .” Ga. Co n s t. o f 1 98 3

, Art

. VI

, Sec. VI, Par. III (2 ).

“ ‘ Eq u i t y cas es ’ are t h os e i n wh i ch a s u b s t an t i v e is s u e o n ap peal i n v o l v es th e l eg al i t y

o r p ro p ri et y o f eq u it ab l e rel i ef s o u g h t i n t h e su p eri o r co u rt

– wh et h er t h at rel i ef was

g ran t ed o r d en i ed .” Bea u ch a mp v. Kn i g h t

, 2 6 1 G a. 6 0 8

, 6 0 9 (2 ) (4 0 9 SE2 d 2 0 8 )
(1 9 9 1). “ In

ju n ct io n i s d i s t in ct l y an eq u i t ab l e rem ed y [.] ” (Ci tat i o n om i t t ed .) Kn o t t v.

Eva ns , 2 8 0 Ga. 5 1 5 , 5 16 (2 ) (6 3 0 SE2 d 4 0 2 ) (2 0 0 6).

Becau s e t h e m ai n i s s ue o n ap p eal i s t h e p ro p ri et y o f th e tri al co u rt ’ s g ran t o f

eq u it ab l e rel i ef t o Geo rg i a Po wer, t h i s i s an “ eq u i t y cas e” w i t hi n t h e Su p rem e Co urt ’ s ju ri s d i ct i o n

. M o reo ver, i t i s wel l -s et tl ed t h at t h e u l t i m at e r e s p o n s i bi l i t y fo r

d et erm i n i n g ap p el l at e ju ri s d ict i o n i s ves t ed i n t he Su p rem e Co u rt o f G eo rg i a. See

S a xt o n v. Co as t al Di a l

y s is & c ., 2 6 7 Ga. 1 7 7

, 17 8 (4 7 6 SE2 d 5 8 7 ) (1 9 9 6 ).

Acco rd in g ly

, t h i s cas e i s h ereb y TRANSFERRED t o t h e Su p rem e Co u rt o f G eo rg i a. July 13, 2015If t h e Su p rem e Co u rt u l t i m at el y dec i d es t h at i t l ack s ju ri s d ict i o n , we wi l l

d eci d e t h i s cas e ex p ed i t io u s l y u p o n i t s ret u rn t o t h i s Co u rt

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. 07/13/2015