M.R. TAFFET and Robert M. Fierman, on behalf of themselves and all of the persons, corporations, municipalities, and other entities, other than the defendants, who are similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
The SOUTHERN CO., Southern Company Services, Inc., Alabama Power Company and Arthur Andersen & Co., Defendants-Appellees.
Frederick Rodgers CARR, Carr Sales Company, O.E.M. Products, Inc., Timothy Dunn Stokely, Clark Stokely, III and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
The SOUTHERN COMPANY, Southern Company Services, Inc., Georgia Power Company, and Arthur Andersen & Co., Defendants-Appellees.
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July 24, 1992.
July 24, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Eddie Leitman, Andrew P. Campbell, S. Lynne Stephens, Leitman, Siegal, Payne & Campbell, P.C., Birmingham, Ala., Richard H. Gill, Robert D. Segall, J. Fairley McDonald, III, Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, P.A., Montgomery, Ala., John A. Boudet, Jerry R. Linscott, Baker & Hostetler, Orlando, Fla., Andrew M. Scherffius, Andrew M. Scherffius, P.C., A. Timothy Jones, Joseph C. Freeman, Jack N. Sibley, Freeman & Hawkins, Atlanta, Ga., Larry Moffett, Jackson Henderson Chiles, III, Daniel, Coker, Horton and Bell, P.A., Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants in No. 90-7088.
M. Roland Nachman, Jr., T.W. Thagard, Jr., Maury D. Smith, John P. Scott, Jr., Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, Ala., for defendant-appellee Ala. Power Co. in No. 90-7088.
James E. Joiner, Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee Southern Co. in No. 90-7088.
M. Robert Thornton, Michael C. Russ, King & Spaulding, Kevin C. Greene, A. William Loeffler, Ralph H. Greil, Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee Arthur Andersen & Co. in No. 90-7088.
Joe C. Freeman, Jr., A. Timothy Jones, Jack N. Sibley, Freeman & Hawkins, Andrew M. Scherffius, Atlanta, Ga., William Byrd Warlick, Jack B. Long, Nixon, Yow, Waller & Capers, Augusta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants in No. 90-8452.
Wyck A. Knox, Jr., Augusta, Ga., James E. Joiner, Michael C. Russ and M. Robert Thornton, Kevin C. Greene, A. William Loeffler, Ralph H. Greil, Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee in No. 90-8452.
Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, FAY, KRAVITCH, HATCHETT, COX, and DUBINA, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:
These two cases,1 consolidated on appeal, raise the question whether a private suit under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. § 1964(c) (1988), may be brought against a utility to recover for excessive charges for electrical power resulting from the utility's fraudulent and material misrepresentations to a state rate-setting commission. The appellants in these cases...
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