Legal Opinion
Arkansas-Missouri Power Corp. v. City of Kennett
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 9, 1940No. 11688PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLET, District Judge.
The Arkansas-Missouri Power Company, referred to hereafter as the plaintiff, an *596Arkansas corporation, seeks to enjoin the City of Kennett, Missouri, and others from carrying out contracts for the construction of a competing municipal electric power and light plant in and for that City upon the ground that those contracts contain provisions violating certain prohibitions of the Constitution and laws of Missouri. From a judgment dismissing its bill plaintiff appeals.
Plaintiff has for a number of years been engaged in the sale and distribution of electricity within the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Frost v. Corporation Comm'n of Okla.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Alabama Power Co. v. IckesSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Duke Power Co. v. Greenwood CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- State Upon the Information of McKittrick v. Missouri Utilities Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1936
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Missouri Utilities Co. v. Scott-New Madrid-Mississippi Electric CooperativeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
- Missouri Public Service Co. v. Barton County Electric CooperativeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1962
- Missouri Cities Water Co. v. City of St. PetersMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
- Arkansas-Missouri Power Corp. v. City of KennettSupreme Court of Missouri · 1942