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ALLIANT ENERGY CORP. v. BIE

No. 01-2293.

277 F.3d 916 (2002)

ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION and Wisconsin Power and Light Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ave M. BIE, Joseph P. Mettner, and John H. Farrow, in their official capacities as Commissioners of the Wisconsin Public Service Commission, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 17, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Pyper (argued), Whyte, Hirschboeck & Dudek, Madison, WI, for plaintiff-appellant.

Edwin J. Hughes (argued), Office of Atty. Gen., Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI, for defendant-appellee.

Before HARLINGTON WOOD, JR., EASTERBROOK, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Wisconsin regulates the corporate structure of firms that provide utility service in that state. Some of these regulations, according to our plaintiffs (an electric utility and its parent), unconstitutionally discriminate against interstate commerce and deprive them of the laws' equal protection. Compare Edgar v. MITE Corp., 457 U.S. 624, 643-46, 102 S.Ct. 2629, 73 L.Ed.2d 269 (1982), with Amanda...

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