PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. PATCH

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven S. Rosenthal, with whom Jeffery A. Tomasevich, Morrison & Foerster, LLP, F. Anne Ross, F. Anne Ross, P.C., John J. Ryan, Casassa and Ryan, Michael W. Holmes, James R.M. Anderson, Peter H. Grills, David E. Crawford, O'Neill, Grills & O'Neill, PLLP and Thomas I. Arnold III were on consolidated brief, for all appellants.

Peter H. Grills, with whom David E. Crawford, O'Neill, Grills & O'Neill, PLLP and Thomas I. Arnold III, Assistant City Solicitor, were on brief, for appellant City of Manchester.

Philip T. McLaughlin and Martin P. Honigberg on brief, for the State of New Hampshire, amicus curiae.

Evelyn R. Robinson on brief, for Ohio Consumers' Counsel and National Ass'n of State Consumer Advocates, amici curiae.

Dennis Lane, with whom Michael E. Tucci and Morrison & Hecker, LLP were on brief, for defendants-appellees.

Allan B. Taylor, with whom John B. Nolan, Gary M. Becker, and Day, Berry & Howard were on brief, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and TAURO, District Judge.