Legal Opinion
Illinois ex rel. Hartigan v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 18, 1988No. 85-2601PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Central Illinois Light Company (CILCO) is a publicly regulated retail distributor of natural gas. It bought natural gas from Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company at prices allegedly inflated because of violations of the antitrust laws by Panhandle, and resold the gas to residential and industrial consumers. In its resales to residential consumers, CILCO passed on the entire overcharge in the form of higher rates. In 1984 the State of Illinois brought this federal antitrust suit on behalf of CILCO’s customers against Panhandle— which moved to dismiss the suit as barred by…
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