CITY OF NEWARK v. DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT CO.

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

497 F.Supp. 323 (1980)

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.

August 25, 1980.


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. Kathy Lichtenberg, Duncan, Brown, Weinberg & Palmer, Washington, D. C.; William C. Brashares, and David H. Coffman, Caldouhos & Brashares, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs in C.A. 77-254.

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

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


OPINION

STAPLETON, District Judge:

Currently before the Court for decision are plaintiffs' motions to dismiss two counterclaims asserted by Delmarva Power & Light Company ("Delmarva"), the defendant in these consolidated antitrust actions. Delmarva's first counterclaim purports to state claims under Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act; the second relies on Delaware common law. Both allege the same course of conduct on the part of each of the plaintiffs...

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