Craighead Electric Cooperative Corporation v. City Water and Light Plant of Jonesboro, Arkansas

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Craighead Electric Cooperative appeals the judgment of the district court 1 allowing the City Water & Light Plant of Jones-boro (CWL) to take facilities, customers, and property in an area annexed by the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas. Craighead also appeals the district court’s finding of the effective date of the taking. We affirm.

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CWL is an “improvement district,” or municipal utility, affiliated with the city of Jonesboro. After the city annexed new territory that had been served by Craig-head, a rural utility provider, CWL notified Craighead that,…