Legal Opinion
Gulf Power Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 9, 1999No. 98-2403PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs — Gulf Power Co., Alabama Power Co., Georgia Power Co., Mississippi Power Co., Ohio Edison Co., Duke Power Co., and Florida Power Corp. — are electric utility companies who brought suit against the United States and the Federal Communications Commission seeking a declaration that the 1996 amendment to the Pole Attachment Act, as codified at 47 U.S.C. § 224(f), is facially unconstitutional because it effects a taking of their property without an adequate process for securing just compensation, in violation of the Fifth Amendment. The district court agreed…
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