CITY OF STILWELL, OKLAHOMA, a municipal corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
OZARKS RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION; Rural Electrification Administration, United States of America; National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation, Defendants-Appellees,
KAMO Electric Cooperative, Inc., Movant-Appellant,
Tahlequah Public Works Authority; Municipal Electric Systems of Oklahoma, Inc.; American Public Power Association; National Institute of Municipal Law Officers; National League of Cities; United States Conference of Mayors; Colorado Association of Municipal Utilities; The Colorado Rural Electrification Association; National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Amici Curiae.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 28, 1996.
March 28, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Lloyd E. Cole, Jr., Stilwell, Oklahoma, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
John R. Eldridge, III of Burke & Eldridge, P.A., Fayetteville, Arkansas (Larry Derryberry, Patrick D. Shore of Derryberry, Quigley, Parrish, Solomon & Blankenship, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with him on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee Ozarks Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation.
Mark B. Stern, Thomas M. Bondy, Attorneys, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellee Rural Electrification Administration, United States of America.
Jot Hartley of Hartley & Jones, Vinita, Oklahoma (Joseph M. Gardner of Hartley & Jones, Vinita, Oklahoma, and Clifford K. Cate, Muskogee, Oklahoma, with him on the brief), for Movant-Appellant KAMO Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Harvey L. Chaffin, Karig P. Culver, of Chaffin, Culver & Chapman-Plumb, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, Ronald A. Bloch, Martha A. Hausman, Lisa S. Derman, of McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington, D.C., for Tahlequah Public Works Authority, and Municipal Electric Systems of Oklahoma, Inc., Amici Curiae.
Clifton S. Elgarten, Amy J. Mauser, of Cromwell & Moring, Washington, D.C., for American Public Power Association, National Institute of Municipal Law Officers, National League of Cities, and United States Conference of Mayors, Amici Curiae.
Paula M. Connely of Gorsuch Kirgis L.L.C., Denver, Colorado, Joseph B. Wilson, Colorado Springs, Colorado, for Colorado Association of Municipal Utilities, Amicus Curiae.
John J. Conway, Denver, Colorado, Randolph W. Starr, Loveland, Colorado, Jack P. Wolfe, Longmont, Colorado, for Colorado Rural Electric Association, Amicus Curiae.
Wallace F. Tillman, Jonathan H. Glazier, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Washington, D.C., James A. Orr of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, Georgia, for National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Amicus Curiae.
Before BALDOCK, BRORBY and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
PAUL KELLY, Jr., Circuit Judge.
These appeals concern an action by the City of Stilwell, Oklahoma ("Stilwell" or "City") to condemn the electric facilities and service rights of Defendant-Appellee Ozarks Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation ("Ozarks") within an area annexed by the City. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Ozarks, preventing Stilwell's proposed condemnation on the ground that the state condemnation statute, Okla. Stat. Ann. tit...
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