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LOUISIANA P. & L. CO. v. THIBODAUX CITY

No. 398.

360 U.S. 25 (1959)

LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO. v. CITY OF THIBODAUX.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 8, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Raburn Monroe argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were J. Blanc Monroe, Monte M. Lemann, Malcolm L. Monroe and Andrew P. Carter.

Louis Fenner Claiborne argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Remy Chiasson.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The City of Thibodaux, Louisiana, filed a petition for expropriation in one of the Louisiana District Courts, asserting a taking of the land, buildings, and equipment of petitioner Power and Light Company. Petitioner, a Florida corporation, removed the case to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on the basis of diversity of citizenship. After a pre-trial conference in which...

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