Legal Opinion
City of Bedford v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 7, 1983No. Nos. 82-1655, 82-1656PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SCALIA, Circuit Judge:
In this petition, the City of Bedford and thirteen other Virginia municipalities contend that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission violated the Federal Power Act in issuing preliminary permits under § 797(f) of the Act to the municipalities of Clintwood and Summersville, without investigating whether those municipalities had ceded control of the relevant hydroelectric projects to private developers. Petitioners further contend that the Commission’s action was arbitrary and capricious because it deviated from Commission precedent, was unsupported by a reasoned…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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