Legal Opinion
Gulf Water Benefaction Company, Peoples National Utility Company v. The Public Utility Commission of Texas and the State of Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 30, 1982No. 81-2370PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Per curiam
Gulf Water Benefaction Company for the third time in a federal court presents a challenge to aspects of state utility rate-making. It also argues that the Bankruptcy Court should not have dismissed its Chapter XI petition, although it admits that no plan of arrangement can be confirmed until it has settled the rate-making dispute. Both the Bankruptcy Court and District Court before us ruled that the Johnson Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1342, deprived them of jurisdiction to consider the challenges and left Gulf Water to pursue its remedies in Texas state court. We affirm on the basis of Judge Seals’…
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