LITTLE v. LOUISVILLE GAS & ELEC. CO.

No. 14-6499.

805 F.3d 695 (2015)

Kathy LITTLE; Greg Walker; Debra L. Walker; Richard Evans; Phillip Whitaker; Faye Whitaker, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LOUISVILLE GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY; PPL Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 2, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Paul D. Clement , Bancroft PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, Washington, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Paul D. Clement , Erin E. Murphy , Bancroft PLLC, Washington, D.C., Sheryl G. Snyder , Jason P. Renzelmann , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Louisville, Kentucky, F. William Brownell , Hunton & Williams LLP, Washington, D.C., John C. Bender , Richard Clayton Larkin , Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Lexington, Kentucky, Robert M. Rolfe , Hunton & Williams LLP, Richmond, Virginia, Nash E. Long , Brent A. Rosser , Sarah Anna Santos , Hunton & Williams LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellants. Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, Washington, Noah Axler , Donovan Axler, LLC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jeffrey M. Sanders , Jeffrey M. Sanders PLLC, Fort Thomas, Kentucky, Charles L. Williams , Williams & Skilling, P.C., Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. J. Philip Calabrese , Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, Robert L. Brubaker , L. Bradfield Hughes , Eric B. Gallon , Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, Columbus, Ohio, Quin M. Sorenson , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

Before: SILER, ROGERS, and STRANCH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Defendant Louisville Gas & Electric brings this interlocutory appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) challenging the district court's order refusing to dismiss state law nuisance, trespass, and negligence claims that defendant argued were preempted by the federal Clean Air Act. That order must be...

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