GILL v. IOWA-ILLINOIS GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

No. 11501.

233 F.2d 145 (1956)

Buford H. E. GILL and Henry L. Zimmerman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. IOWA-ILLINOIS GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

April 27, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Kerwin, Jr., Rock Island, Ill., Potter, Kerwin & Gillman, Rock Island, Ill., for appellant.

Harry E. Witherell, Peoria, Ill., Wayne G. Cook, Davenport, Iowa, Latham Castle, Atty. Gen., Harry R. Begley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Davis, Witherell & Sommer, Peoria, Ill., Cook, Blair & Balluff, Davenport, Iowa, of counsel, for appellees.

Before FINNEGAN, SWAIM and SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judges.


FINNEGAN, Circuit Judge.

Instituted as a class action on behalf of consumers of electricity situated in Moline, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa plaintiffs' complaint for a declaratory judgment, commenced in a federal court, May 27, 1954, under the asserted authority of 28 U.S.C. § 1337,1 purportedly invokes the Federal Power Act.2 Gill, one of the two plaintiffs...

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