WESTERN SKY FINANCIAL, LLC v. STATE, EX REL. OLENS

S16A1011, S16X1012.

WESTERN SKY FINANCIAL, LLC et al., v. STATE OF GEORGIA, EX REL., SAMUEL S. OLENS, ATTORNEY GENERAL. STATE OF GEORGIA, EX REL., SAMUEL S. OLENS, ATTORNEY GENERAL, v. WESTERN SKY FINANCIAL, LLC.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: October 31, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Lawrence Ashe, Jr. , PARKER HUDSON RANIER & DOBBS, LLP, for Appellant.

Nancy Haynes Baughan , PARKER, HUDSON, RAINER & DOBBS, LLP, for Appellant.

William James Holley, II , PARKER, HUDSON, RAINER & DOBBS LLP, for Appellant.

Scott Eric Zweigel , PARKER HUDSON RANIER & DOBBS, for Appellant.

Joseph L. Barloon , SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM, LLP, for Appellant.

Austin K. Brown , SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM, LLP, for Appellant.

Jennifer Z. Gindin , SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM, LLP, for Appellant.

Thomas J. Nolan , SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP, for Appellant.

Clifford M. Soan , SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP, for Appellant.

Isaac Byrd , Deputy Attorney General, for Appellee.

Samuel S. Olens , Georgia Department of Law, for Appellee.

Charlene R. Swartz , DEPARTMENT OF LAW, for Appellee.

Daniel S. Walsh , A.A.G., for Appellee.

Monica Sullivan , DEPARTMENT OF LAW, for Appellee.

Timothy Allen Butler , DEPARTMENT OF LAW, for Appellee.

Andrew Donald Chesser , DEPARTMENT OF LAW, for Appellee.


These cases involve the scope of the State's authority to regulate so-called "payday loans" pursuant to OCGA § 16-17-1, et seq., which has come to be known as the Payday Lending Act. Pursuant to OCGA § 16-17-4 (b), the State of Georgia, acting through the Attorney General ("State") filed a complaint in Fulton County Superior...

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