July 20, 2017
A Georgia federal judge on Wednesday said Columbia County can't escape claims over its alleged contribution to flooding on a golf course owned by Jones Creek Investors LLC, saying there are questions remaining related to causation and damages.
September 26, 2016
A federal judge on Friday denied a golf course's bid to dismiss its environmental suit against CSX Transportation Inc. and Columbia County, Georgia, so the course can "re-do" its case over flooding in county court, ruling that the suit has already used up an enormous amount of the county's time and resources.
July 30, 2015
A golf course owner can't use the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new rule on federal waterways to revive a $3.7 million lawsuit against CSX Transportation Inc. and Columbia County, Georgia, over the flooding of the course, CSX told a federal judge Thursday.
June 16, 2015
A Georgia golf course told a federal judge on Monday that the EPA's new rule clarifying federal jurisdiction over waterways should revive a $3.7 million lawsuit accusing CSX Transportation Inc. and Columbia County, Georgia, of causing the course's water hazard to fill up with sediment and flood.
April 06, 2015
A Georgia federal judge last week dismissed most of the charges against railroad company CSX Transportation Inc. and Columbia County, Georgia, in a $3.7 million pollution case stemming from a flooding golf course owned by Jones Creek Investors LLC.