CITY OF NEWARK v. DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT CO.

Civ. A. Nos. 77-254, 77-296.

467 F.Supp. 763 (1979)

CITY OF NEWARK, Newark, Delaware, City of Milford, Milford, Delaware, Town of Smyrna, Smyrna, Delaware, Plaintiffs, v. DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Defendant. CITY OF NEW CASTLE, New Castle, Delaware, Plaintiff, v. DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

January 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Hughes, O'Donnell & Hughes, Wilmington, Del., Wallace L. Duncan, James D. Pembroke, Philip L. Chabot, Jr., and J. Cathy Lichtenberg, Duncan, Brown, Weinberg & Palmer, Washington, D.C., William C. Brashares, and David H. Coffman, Cladouhos & Brashares, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs in Civ.A. No. 77-254.

Charles S. Maddock, Edward W. Cooch, Jr., and Richard R. Cooch, Cooch & Taylor, Wilmington, Del., for plaintiffs in Civ.A. No. 77-296.

E. Dickinson Griffenberg, Jr., Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del., Taylor R. Briggs, and Robert F. Cushman, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, New York City, for defendant.


OPINION

STAPLETON, District Judge:

These two antitrust actions have been consolidated for consideration of certain preliminary issues. The plaintiffs in Civil Action No. 77-254 are the town of Smyrna and the cities of Newark and Milford. In Civil Action No. 77-296, the plaintiff is the City of New Castle. Each of the plaintiffs is a municipal corporation which owns and operates an electric distribution system in Delaware and which currently purchases all...

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