United States Eleventh Circuit
WELZEL v. ADVOCATE REALTY INV., LLC, 99-14875, 99-14876
The Bankruptcy Code preempts the Georgia statute, Ga. Code Ann. 13-1-11, authorizing a creditor to collect a fifteen-percent attorney's fee upon default with proper notice.
Appellate Information
- Decided 03/29/2001
- Published 03/29/2001
Judges
- BIRCH, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT, EDMONDSON, BIRCH, DUBINA, BLACK, CARNES, BARKETT, MARCUS and WILSON, Circuit Judges, and COX , Senior Circuit Judge.
Court
- United States Eleventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- John A. Christy,Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint, Atlanta, GA, Kenneth Lamar Royal, Royal & Vaughan, LC, Savannah, GA, for Advocate Realty Investments, LLC., James Luther Drake, Jr., Karsman, Brooks & Callaway, P.C., Savannah, GA, for Welzel., Brian C. Walsh, Sarah Robinson Borders, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, for Amicus Curiae.