Legal Opinion
Psi Energy, Inc. v. Exxon Coal Usa, Inc., and Exxon Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 20, 1993No. 93-1088PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
PSI Energy burns coal to supply southern Indiana with electricity. Increasingly stringent environmental regulation requires PSI to limit the sulfur dioxide emitted from its plants. To do this PSI must install “scrubbers,” large devices that precipitate the sulfur out of the stack gasses and leave a noxious slurry of sulfur and limestone. High costs of removing sulfur from coal after combustion give a competitive advantage to coal that contains less sulfur, and to plants situated in places where the EPA permits the emission of extra sulfur dioxide. Utilities that…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Northern Indiana Public Service Company, an Indiana Corporation v. Carbon County Coal Company, a PartnershipCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Amoco Oil Company v. Glyndon R. Ashcraft and Carolyn S. Ashcraft, Charles Bowlby Oil Co., Inc., Charles E. Bowlby, and Dorothy J. BowlbyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Ohio Casualty Group of Insurance Companies v. Raymond Gray and Carl J. HallgarthCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Northern Indiana Public Service Co. v. Colorado Westmoreland, Inc.District Court, N.D. Indiana · 1987
3Cited by5 opinions
- Psi Energy, Inc. v. Exxon Coal Usa, Inc., and Exxon CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Huels v. Exxon Coal USA, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Raymond Zielinski, Individually and on Behalf of All Persons Similarly Situated v. Pabst Brewing Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
- PSI Energy, Inc. v. Exxon Coal USA, Inc.District Court, S.D. Indiana · 1993
- Zielinski, Raymond v. Pabst BrewingCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006