Legal Opinion
Pamela Caver v. Central Alabama Electric Cooperative
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 12, 2017No. 15-15207PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Pamela Caver and others, on behalf of members of Defendant Central Alabama Electric Cooperative (“CAEC”), brought a putative class action against CAEC, alleging that CAEC wrongfully had refused to pay out “excess revenues” in cash to its members. CAEC supplies electricity to rural communities in Alabama. The federal government loans substantial capital to CAEC and highly regulates CAEC’s operations and provision of government-subsidized electricity to rural customers.
Defendant CAEC removed this case to federal court under the federal officer removal statute, 28…
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