Custer Public Power District v. Loup River Public Power District
Nebraska Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
Our earlier opinion in this case is found ante p. 300, 75 N. W. 2d 619.
Platte and Loup have filed a motion for rehearing advancing some 21 alleged errors of fact and law which it is claimed were made in the opinion. The moving parties are supported by briefs of Central and some of the rurals.
In the opinion we set out parts of the 1946 contract between Loup, Platte, Central, and Consumers. We determined that the contract of Consumers made in 1946 to buy all or substantially all of its electric power from the hydros was and is contrary to public policy, and hence illegal and void.
We adhere to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Custer Public Power District v. Loup River Public Power DistrictNebraska Supreme Court · 1956
- Bank of Maywood v. Estate of McAllisterNebraska Supreme Court · 1898
3Cited by3 opinions
- City of O'Neill v. CONSUMERS PUBLIC POWER DISTRICTNebraska Supreme Court · 1966
- Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. v. Williams Electric Cooperative, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
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