N. C. ELEC. MEMBERSHIP v. CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT

No. 81-1057.

666 F.2d 50 (1981)

NORTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION; Haywood Electric Membership Corporation; Pitt & Greene Electric Membership Corporation; Four County Electric Membership Corporation; Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation; Halifax Electric Membership Corporation; Randolph Electric Membership Corporation; Harkers Island Electric Membership Corporation; Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation; Jones-Onslow Electric Membership Corporation; French Broad Electric Membership Corporation; Wake Electric Membership Corporation; Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation; Lumbee River Electric Membership Corporation; South River Electric Membership Corporation; Carteret-Craven Electric Membership Corporation; Central Electric Membership Corporation, Appellants, v. CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY; South Carolina Electric & Gas Co., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 7, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward E. Hall, Washington, D. C. (Wallace E. Brand, Sean T. Beeny, Brand & Hall, Washington, D. C., Thomas Bolch, Raleigh, N. C., on brief) for appellants.

Robert S. Medvecky, Washington, D. C. (Michael B. Early, New York City, Stephen G. Kozey, Reid & Priest, Washington, D. C., James T. Williams, Jr., Reid L. Phillips, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, Greensboro, N. C., on brief), for appellee South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.

Robert C. Howison, Jr., Edward S. Finley, Jr., Hunton & Williams, Raleigh, N. C., William Warfield Ross, Toni G. Allen, Lewis M. Popper, Wald, Harkrader & Ross, Washington, D. C., on brief, for appellee Carolina Power & Light Co.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER and HALL, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 19, 1982.

K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Sixteen rural electrical cooperatives and the North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation (NCEMC) sued two utility companies, Carolina Power & Light Company (Carolina Power) and South Carolina Electric & Gas (S.C. Electric), charging monopolization of electric power markets in violation of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1, 2. During discovery, the district...

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