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CITIES OF OXFORD v. N.E. MISS ELEC. POWER ASS'N

No. 95-CA-01261-SCT.

704 So.2d 59 (1997)

The CITIES OF OXFORD, CARTHAGE, LOUISVILLE, STARKVILLE AND TUPELO, as well as the Cities of Canton, Clarksdale, Greenwood, Kosciusko and Yazoo City, acting by and through their respective public utility companies v. NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION, Tombigbee Electric Power Association, East Mississippi Electric Power Association, Four County Electric Power Association, Coahoma Electric Power Association, Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association, Mississippi Power & Light Company, South Mississippi Electric Power Association, Mississippi Power Company and Monroe County Electric Power Association.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 11, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Freeland, III, Freeland & Freeland, Oxford; David R. Hunt, Hunt & Ross, Clarksdale, for appellants.

Will A. Hickman, Hickman Sumners Goza & Gore, Oxford; David L. Sanders, Mitchell McNutt Threadgill Smith & Sams, Columbus; S. Griffin Norquist, Bridgeport Love Norquist Rohman & Parker, Yazoo City; C. Michael Malski, Carnathan & Malski, Amory; Larry D. Moffett, Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, Oxford; W.P. Mitchell, Mitchell Voge Beasley & Corban, Tupelo, Leon L. Porter, Jr., Mitchell Voge Beasley & Corban, Clarksdale; Robert B. Deen, Jr., Deen Cameron & Pritchard, Meridian, James N. Compton, Compton Crowell & Hewitt, Biloxi; Henderson S. Hall, Jr., James K. Child, Wise Carter Child & Caraway, Jackson; H.R. Wilder, Ben H. Stone, Eaton & Cottrell, Gulfport; James W. Snider, Jr., Jackson, for appellees.

Before SULLIVAN, P.J., and PITTMAN and BANKS, JJ.

PITTMAN, Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. This is an appeal from summary judgment granted in favor of the defendants-appellees (hereinafter "defendant-utilities") in the Circuit Court of Lafayette County, Mississippi.

¶ 2. The plaintiffs-appellants (hereinafter "municipalities") filed a declaratory judgment action seeking to have Senate Bill No. 2840 (1987 amendments to Miss. Code Ann. Sections 77-3-13, 77-3-17...

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