Legal Opinion
City of Thibodaux v. Louisiana Power & Light Co.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided December 4, 1963No. Civ. A. 6444PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK B. ELLIS, District Judge.
On February 4, 1957, the City of Thibodaux, State of Louisiana, a duly incorporated municipality (hereinafter referred to as “City”) brought suit to expropriate the electrical power distribution system of the Louisiana Light & Power Company (hereinafter referred to as “Power Company”) within the corporate limits of the City pursuant to Louisiana Revised Statutes, Tit. 19:101, LSA, which reads in pertinent part:
Any municipal corporation * * * may expropriate any electric light, gas or waterworks plant or property.
The Power Company removed the suit to the United…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Meredith v. Winter HavenSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of ThibodauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- State Ex Rel. Department of Highways v. LevySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1961
- Kennebec Water District v. City of WatervilleSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1902
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- City of Kiowa v. Central Telephone & Utilities Corp.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1973