LEGGETT v. DUKE ENERGY CORP.

No. W2007-00788-SC-R11-CV.

308 S.W.3d 843 (2010)

Samuel D. LEGGETT et al. v. DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

April 23, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian S. Faughnan and Cannon Fairfax Allen, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellants, Williams Companies, Inc., Williams Energy Marketing & Trading Company, Inc., and Williams Merchant Services.

Leo Bearman, Jr., Michael Cotter Patton, and W. Michael Richards, Memphis, Tennessee; and Terry J. Houlihan, San Francisco, California, for the appellants, Reliant Energy Services, Inc. and Reliant Energy, Inc.

Jef Feibelman, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellants, ONEOK, Inc. and ONEOK Energy Marketing and Trading Company, LP.

Douglas Ray Tribble, San Diego, California; John S. Golwen, Memphis, Tennessee; Michael J. Kass, San Francisco, California; and Joshua Ray Denton and Robert Dale Grimes, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Dynegy Marketing and Trade.

Glen G. Reid, Jr. and Robert Edgar Craddock, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellants, CMS Energy Corporation, CMS Field Services, and CMS Marketing Services & Trading Company.

Brent Benoit, J. Michael Dorman, James R. Leahy, and Stacy Williams, Houston, Texas; Paul Howard Morris and Shea Sisk Wellford, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellants, El Paso Corporation and El Paso Merchant Energy, LP.

Joel B. Kleinman, Washington, DC; Lela M. Hollabaugh and Paul G. Summers, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellants, Duke Energy Corporation and Duke Energy Trading and Marketing Company, LLC.

Joel B. Kleinman, Washington, DC, for the appellants, American Electric Power Co. and AEP Energy Services, Inc.

Alan G. Crone, Memphis, Tennessee; John S. Wilder, Somerville, Tennessee; and Thomas H. Brill, Mission Hills, Kansas, for the appellees, Samuel D. Leggett, Bing's Stop & Shop, Wolfe River Café, and Frank H. Colvett, Jr.


OPINION

GARY R. WADE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which JANICE M. HOLDER, C.J., CORNELIA A. CLARK, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.

The plaintiffs, commercial and residential consumers of natural gas, purchased natural gas from utilities, which had acquired the product wholesale from the defendants. In this class action antitrust suit, the plaintiffs allege that the defendants...

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