Legal Opinion
City of Lafayette, Louisiana, and City of Plaquemine, Louisiana v. Lousiana Power & Light Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 27, 1976No. 75-1909PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge.
The sole question in this appeal is whether the actions of a city are automatically outside the scope of the federal. antitrust laws. Answering in the negative, we reverse the decision below and remand for further proceedings.
I
A complaint filed on July 24, 1973, by the cities of Lafayette and Plaquemine, Louisiana (the Cities), alleged that appellant Louisiana Power & Light Company (Power & Light) and three other privately owned utilities had violated Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act. 1 The allegations of this complaint are not involved in the present appeal. In its…
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