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REPRESENTATIVE CASES

In addition to the cases listed below which have been resolved, the Firm currently has several cases pending under a variety of Federal Statutes including: the Clean Water Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act; the Administrative Procedure Act; the National Environmental Policy Act; the Wilderness Act; the Federal Advisory Committee Act; the National Forest Management Act; and the National Historic Preservation Act; as well as pending cases dealing with the Georgia Water Quality Control Act; the Georgia Erosion and Sediment Act; Georgia Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Act; Georgia Hazardous Waste Management Act; and the Georgia Hazardous Site Response Act. However, it is Stack & Associates' policy not to list cases at the trial level until they are fully resolved.

Clean Water Act Cases:

Lake Hills Home Owners Association et al. v. Lullwater Apartments, L.L.C. et al, United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Newnan Division, Civil Action Number 3:00-CV-124-JTC (Clean Water Act case, Honorable Jack Camp)

Lakeland, Inc. et al. v. American Land Mart, Inc. et al, United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Civil Action Number 1:00-CV-1695 (Clean Water Act Case)

Altamaha Riverkeeper v. Amercord, Inc., Southern District of Georgia; Civil Action No. 300-042 (Clean Water Act case, Honorable Dudley H. Bowen, Jr.) 2003 WL 845247

Hicks v. New Creation Land Co., Inc. et al., United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Civil Action File No. 2:99-CV-0229-WCO

Florida Wildlife Federation et al. v. Browner et al., United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Civil Action Number 1:98-CV-1219-HTW; (Florida TMDL)

Sierra Club et al. v. Hankinson et al., United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Civil Action Number 1:97-CV-3683-MHS (Clean Water Act case involving Mississippi water quality standards, Honorable Marvin H. Shoob)

Sierra Club et al. v. Hankinson et al., United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, (Clean Water Act case involving Georgia water quality standards, Honorable Marvin H. Shoob) 939 F. Supp. 872 (N.D.GA 1996)

Causey v. Barron Enterprises, Inc. et al., United States District, Northern District of Georgia, Civil Action Number 4:96-CV-0351-HLM (Clean Water Act case, Honorable Harold Murphy)

Driscoll v. Adams, 181 F.3d 1285 (11th Cir. 1999)
Driscoll v. Adams, United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Civil Action File Number 2:96-CV-0175-WCO (Clean Water Act case, Honorable William O'Kelley)

Flythe v. Lowndes County, et al., United States District Court, Middle District of Georgia, Civil Action File Number 7:96-CV-91 (Clean Water Act case, Honorable Hugh Lawson)

Michael J. Delaney et al. v. Forsyth County, Georgia et al., United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Civil Action File Number 2:94-CV-0060-WCO (Clean Water Act case, Honorable William O'Kelley)

Clean Air Act Cases:

Sierra Club v. Christine T. Whitman, District Court for the District of Columbia, Civil Action No. 01-CV-1991-ESH (Clean Air Act case regarding issuance of permits under Title V)

Jurgensen v. Louisiana Pacific Corporation, United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Civil Action Number 2:93-CV-00012 (Clean Air Act case, Honorable William O'Kelley)

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Cases:

College Park Holdings, LLC v. RaceTrac Petroleum, Inc. v. Camden Oil Company, LLC; Petroleum Realty II, LLC; USRP(HOLLIS), LLC; and Trico V Petroleum, Inc., United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, Civil Action Number 1:01-CV-1128-BBM (Counsel for Third-Party Defendant in gasoline contamination case, Honorable Beverly M. Martin)

Natural Resource Management Cases:

Sierra Club v. Elizabeth Estill, United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Civil Action File No. 1:00-CV-1755 (Natural Resources case)

Ralph Shaw v. George Martin, et al., United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Civil Action File No. 1:98-CV-3052 (Natural Resources case, Honorable Charles A. Moye, (Jr))

Rabun County Coalition et al. v. Martin et al., United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Civil Action Number 96-2696-TWT (Natural Resources case, Honorable Thomas Thrash)

Sierra Club, et al. v. George Martin, et al., 168 F.3d 1 (11th Cir. 1999) (National Forest Management Act case, Honorable Thomas Thrash)

Southern Appalachian Biodiversity Project v. U.S. Forest Service, 162 F.Supp.2.1365 (NOGA) (Natural Resources Case)

Environmental Cases Filed Under State Law:

Tyrone Citizens for Responsible Development, et al., v. Environmental Protection Division, State of Georgia, Office of State Administrative Hearings, Record File No. OSAH-DNR-WQ-99-002-056-JRA (challenge to proposed wastewater treatment facility in residential/agricultural area)

Susan L. Rein, et al. v. Harold Reheis, Office of State Administrative Hearings, Record File Nos. OSAH-DNR-ES-0000733-060-MMM & OSAH-DNR-ES-0000730-060-MMM (Challenge to stream buffer variance which resulted in revision of State regulations governing Stream Buffer Variances)

Rose Martin et al, v. The Kroger Co. et al. Superior Court of Douglas County, Civil Action File NO. 99-CV-3443 (nuisance and trespass arising from hydrology issues)

Karla Weiszer et al. v. Advanced Blasting, Inc., Superior Court of Douglas County, Civil Action File NO. 98-CV-721 (property damages arising from blasting)

Tyler v. Lincoln, 272 Ga. App. 850, 513 S.E.2d 6 (1999) and Tyler v. Lincoln, 272 Ga.118, 527 S.E.2d 180 (2000)(also 258 Ga. App. 374, S74 SE2d, 440 (2002) (Trespass, nuisance and hydrology)

Brewer v. B & C Construction, Inc. et al., Douglas County Superior Court; Civil Action No. 98-CV-1743 (Nuisance and trespass from erosion and sedimentation)

Metzler v. Woolard, et al., Superior Court of Dekalb County, Civil Action File No. 99--13577-6 and Daniel A. Metzler v. Steven Rowell, Rochelle Routman and the Wildwood Urban Forest Group, 248 Ga. App. 596 (2001) (Anti-SLAPP suit arising from environmental and zoning work)

Nellie Davis, et al., v. Equity Trading, Inc. and Camp Industrial Park Property Owner Association, Inc., Superior Court of Douglas County, Georgia, Civil Action Number 98-CV-02699 (Nuisance and trespass from erosion and sedimentation)

Maresca v. North Cobb Investors, Ltd., et al.; Gwinnett County Superior Court, Civil Action Number 97-A-1145-3 (Trespass and riparian rights, Honorable Dawson Jackson)

Eugene and Diane Hansard v. Grogan, et al; Superior Court of Forsyth County, Civil Action No. 98-CV-0768 (Nuisance and trespass from erosion and sedimentation)

Keith Gregory v. Geneva McClure, et al, Superior Court of Union County, Civil Action File No. 93-CV-359-HS (Nuisance and trespass, Honorable David Barrett) Stack

Eastman Chip Mill Litigation, Dodge County Superior Court; Case Number 97V-000001. Civil Action File Numbers 97V-4301, 97V-4303, 97V-4308, 97V-4309, 97V-4310, 97V4312, 97V-4313, 97V-4314, 97V-4324, 97V-4737, 97V-4738, 97V-4739, and 97V-4748 (Chip mill case, nuisance and trespass, Honorable Frederick Mullis)

Patricia Williams, et al. v. BFI Waste Systems of North America, Inc., United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Civil Action Number 1:98-CV-01883-RWS (nuisance and trespass, Honorable Richard W. Story)(Diversity Case)

Robinson, et al. v. Colonial Pipeline Co., et al., United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Greenwood Division, Civil Action File No. 8-00-0058-13 (State law case involving the contamination of property by gasoline)(Diversity Case)

Other Representative Litigation

Representation of the Sandfly community near Savannah with respect to local zoning laws, as well as issues related to the proposed construction of a highway and interchange impacting historic resources.

Representation of the Wildwood Urban Forest Group in zoning and development issues and eventual establishment of new nature preserve/park in the Morningside neighborhood of Atlanta.

Representation of the Ardmore Park Association in the successful drive to expand City of Atlanta's Ardmore Park to include adjacent land originally planned for development.

Prior Representation of Lloyds of London by Donald Stack. Mr. Stack represented Lloyds of London in innumerable environmental and occupational health cases stemming from railroad and airplane operations. Such cases included literally thousands of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and asbestos cases filed by employees of various railroads, including Union Pacific Railroad, Missouri Pacific Railroad, Atchinson and Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad, and other railroads against their employers. Coverage and defense was provided by Lloyds and handled Lloyd, Bissell and Brook. Such matters included cases in areas as wide ranging as Hinkle, Oregon; San Diego, California; Centralia, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; Shreveport, Louisiana; Little Rock, Arkansas; and Buffalo, New York.

Mr. Stack also was a member of the litigation team representing Lloyds of London in various declaratory judgment actions filed by such insure in state and federal courts in Oregon, Illinois and California. He was also involved in litigation stemming from a class action filed in the United States District Court in Ohio for injuries caused by a train derailment occurring in Miamisburg, Ohio, as well as a comparable suit in Livingston, Louisiana.

Mr. Stack has also been involved in the defense of personal injury and FELA claims brought against various commuter railroads in the northeast, including Amtrak, Metro North, and others.


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