Legal Opinion
Rural Water Dist. No. 4 v. City of Eudora, Kan.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 26, 2011No. 09-3282, 09-3299PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKAY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises out of a dispute between a city and a rural water district over their rights to serve customers in several recently annexed areas of Douglas County, Kansas. Rural Water District No. 4 (“Douglas-4” or “the District”) brought this suit against the city of Eudora under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging the City violated Douglas-4’s exclusive right to provide water service to current and prospective customers in violation of 7 U.S.C. § 1926(b). On appeal, this court is asked to resolve a host of federal and state legal issues concerning the competitive…
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