TEXAS COMMERCIAL ENERGY, a Texas Limited Liability Company, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
TXU ENERGY, INC., et al., Defendants,
TXU Energy Inc., TXU Generation Services Company LP, TXU Portfolio Management Company LP, formerly known as TXU Energy Trading Company LP, TXU Energy Solutions Management Company, formerly known as TXU Energy Services Co., American Electric Power Inc.; AEP Texas Central Company, AEP Texas North Company, American Electric Power Service Corp., AEP Texas Commercial Industrial Retail LP, Reliant Energy Inc., Reliant Resources Inc., Reliant Energy Electric Solutions LLC, Reliant Energy Retail Services LLC, Reliant Energy Solutions LLC, Automated Power Exchange Inc., Electric Reliability Counsel of Texas, Texas Genco LP, Centerpoint Energy Inc., Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric LLC, Texas Independent Energy LP, Odessa-Ector Power Partners LLP, Guadalupe Power Partners LLP, Tractebel Energy Marketing, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 17, 2005.
June 17, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mikal C. Watts (argued), Gregory Lamar Gowan, Watts Law Firm, Corpus Christi, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Thomas Glascock Slater, Jr. (argued), Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, Richard L. Adams, Hunton & Williams, Dallas, TX, Thomas Michael Hughes, Hunton & Williams, Washington, DC, Darrell L. Barger, Hartline, Dacus, Barger, Dreyer & Kern, Corpus Christi TX, for TXU Energy Inc., TXU Generation Services Co. LP, TXU Portfolio Management Co. LP and TXU Energy Solutions Management Co.
Steven John Routh, Mary Anne Mason, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, DC, G. Don Schauer, Schauer & Simank, Corpus Christi, TX, for American Elec. Power Inc., AEP Texas Cent. Co., AEP Texas North Co., American Elec. Power Serv., Corp. and AEP Texas Commercial Indus. Retail LP.
Rufus W. Oliver, III, David Keith Isaak, Baker Botts, Houston, TX, for Reliant Energy Inc., Reliant Resources Inc., Reliant Energy Elec. Solutions LLC, Reliant Energy Retail Services, LLC and Reliant Energy Solutions Inc.
Osborne J. Dykes, William Joseph Boyce, Lance R. Bremer, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, for Automated Power Exchange Inc.
Judith R. Blakeway, Strasburger & Price, San Antonio, TX, for Electric Reliability Counsel of Texas.
Daniel K. Hedges, John A. Irvine, Porter & Hedges, Houston, TX, for Texas Genco LPP, Centerpoint Energy Inc. and Centerpoint Energy Houston Elec. LLC.
Lawrence A. Gaydos, Kathleen McIntosh Beasley, Haynes & Boone, Dallas, TX, for Texas Independent Energy, LP, Odessa-Ector Power Partners LLP and Guadalupe Power Partners LLP.
Ernest L. Edwards, B. Richard Moore, Jr., Amy L. Baird, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, LA, for Tractebel Energy Marketing Inc.
Robert S. Potosky (argued), Dallas, TX, for Cirro Energy Corp. and Utility Choice LP, amici curiae.
Before GARZA and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Texas Commercial Energy ("TCE"), an energy retailer, appeals the district court's dismissal of its lawsuit against TXU Energy, Inc. ("TXU"), a generator of electric power, and twenty-three other defendants. TCE argues that the district court erred by applying the filed rate doctrine to preclude it from recovering damages it sustained when TXU allegedly manipulated its market position to create substantial price increases in the short...
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