CENTRAL ILLINOIS LIGHT CO. v. CITIZENS UTILITY BD.

Nos. 86-2886, 86-2887.

827 F.2d 1169 (1987)

CENTRAL ILLINOIS LIGHT COMPANY, et al., an Illinois Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Illinois Telephone Association, Inc., an Illinois not-for profit corporation, Plaintiff-In-Intervention-Appellee, v. CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. McCaffrey, Atty. Gen. Office, Steven F. Pflaum, O'Donnell & Gordon, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Stephen M. Shapiro, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and WOOD, Circuit Judge, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


BAUER, Chief Judge.

The question presented is whether Sections 9 and 10 of the Illinois Citizens Utility Board Act ("CUB ACT"), Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 111 2/3 , §§ 909, 910 (1986), violates plaintiffs' First Amendment right of freedom of speech under the United States Constitution. The district court 645 F.Supp. 1474, granted plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment based on the Supreme Court's holding in Pacific Gas &...

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