Legal Opinion
Marshall County Board of Education v. Marshall County Gas District
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 8, 1993No. 92-6471PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAY, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs, customers of the Marshall County Gas District, allege claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for deprivation of property in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution arising out of the distribution of bond proceeds by the defendant gas district. The trial court dismissed the claims pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a cause of action. Because the plaintiffs have no property interest in the bond proceeds and did not show an interest in the rates paid for gas services sufficient to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Massachusetts v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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