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NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 85-3654.

782 F.2d 1236 (1986)

NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, the Council for the City of New Orleans, Sidney J. Barthelemy, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 14, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew P. Carter, J. Wayne Anderson, W. Glenn Burns, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

A. Karen Hill, F.E.R.C., Jerome M. Feit, Washington, D.C., for amicus-F.E.R.C.

Herschel L. Abbott, Jr., David G. Radlauer, Edward H. Bergin, R. Lewis McHenry, H. Mark Adams, Eric J. Mayer, W.D. Meriwether, Jr., Vice President & Gen. Counsel, Middle South, New Orleans, La., Louis H. Willenken, Reid & Priest, New York City, for amicus-Middle South.

Thomas Milliner, Bruce Naccari, Beverly Zervigon, Okla Jones, II, Salvador Anzelme, City Atty., New Orleans, La., Bernhardt K. Wruble, Clinton A. Vince, Glen L. Ortman, Paul E. Nordstrom, Washington, D.C., for City of New Orleans.

Hiram C. Eastland, Jr., Robert H. Harper, Jackson, Miss., for amicus-Miss. Public Service Com'n.

Richard M. Troy, Asst. Atty. Gen., La. Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, La., for amicus-State of la.

Frank Spencor, Jackson, Miss., Felshaw King, President, Nat. Ass'n of State Utility, Consumer Advocates, Clearfield, Utah, for amicus-Nat. Ass'n of State Utility.

Before RANDALL and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and HINOJOSA, District Judge.

RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant New Orleans Public Service, Inc. appeals the district court's dismissal of this cause of action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and the district court's decision to abstain. We reverse and remand.

I.

Appellant New Orleans Public Service, Inc. ("NOPSI"), a subsidiary of Middle South Utilities Inc. ("MSU"), provides electric services to most of the City of New Orleans. NOPSI also engages in the production,...

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