HOOD EX REL. MISSISSIPPI v. CITY OF MEMPHIS, TENN.

No. 2:05CV32-D-B.

533 F.Supp.2d 646 (2008)

Jim HOOD, Attorney General, ex rel., The State of MISSISSIPPI, acting for itself and Parens Patriae for and on behalf of the People of the State of Mississippi, Plaintiff v. The CITY OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE; and Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Mississippi, Delta Division.

February 6, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan B. Cameron, Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, Oxford, MS, David Malcolm McMullan, Jr., John W. (Don), Barrett, Barrett Law Offices, Lexington, MS, George B. Ready, George B. Ready, Attorney, Hernando, MS, for Plaintiff.

David L. Bearman, Kristine L. Roberts, Chad D. Graddy, Leo Bearman, Jr., Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Sara Hall, Office of the City Attorney, Christopher S. Campbell, Harris, Shelton, Hanover Walsh, PLLC, Memphis, TN, Walker W. Jones, III, Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Jackson, MS, for Defendants.


BENCH OPINION DISMISSING ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE

GLEN H. DAVIDSON, Senior District Judge.

The United States Supreme Court held, in Steel Company v. Citizens for a Better Environment, 523 U.S. 83, 101-102, 118 S.Ct. 1003, 140 L.Ed.2d 210 (1998), that Article III generally requires a federal court to satisfy itself of its jurisdiction over the subject matter before it considers the merits of a case and that "for...

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