Legal Opinion
Vikse v. Basin Electric Power Cooperative
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 25, 1983No. 82-1614PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
A group of South Dakota landowners brought this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that its members were denied equal protection of the laws because Basin Electric Power Cooperative and its officers made additional payments to landowners in North Dakota who, like appellants, had had their property condemned by the utility. We find no denial of equal protection and affirm the judgment of the district court1 denying the claim.
Basin, a private generator of electricity located in North Dakota, planned to construct a transmission line from its…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Flagg Bros., Inc. v. BrooksSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Zobel v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Bloomer Shippers Association v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Jon-Karl Baldwin v. Appalachian Power Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Monrad Vikse v. Basin Electric Power CooperativeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983