Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Arkansas Power & Light Co.
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided July 16, 1981No. B-C-80-37PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HOWARD, District Judge.
Arkansas Power & Light Company (AP&L), the defendant, is a corporate entity and a public utility whose resources are devoted exclusively for generating, transmitting and supplying electric power for domestic and industrial consumption.
Under Arkansas law — Ark.Stat.Ann. §§ 35-302 and 73-276.15 (Repl.1979)— AP&L possesses the power of eminent domain and, accordingly, has the right to con demn private property for the purpose of “constructing electric generating plant sites, substation sites, compressor substation sites and meter station sites”…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Allen v. McCurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Juidice v. VailSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Trainor v. HernandezSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- City of Little Rock v. RainesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1967
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Ray Edwards and Louise Edwards, His Wife, Individually, and on Behalf of a Class Similarly Situated v. Arkansas Power & Light CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- Harrington v. Inhabitants of Town of Garland, Me.District Court, D. Maine · 1982
- Edwards v. Arkansas Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1985
- Ray Edwards and Louise Edwards, His Wife, Individually, and on Behalf of a Class Similarly Situated v. Arkansas Power & Light CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982