ENTERGY TEXAS, INC. v. NELSON

No. 17-50042.

889 F.3d 205 (2018)

ENTERGY TEXAS, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donna L. NELSON, In her official capacity as Chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas; Brandy Marty Marquez, In her official capacity as a Commissioner of the Public Utility Commission of Texas; Kenneth W. Anderson, Jr., In his official capacity as a Commissioner of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Defendants-Appellants. Texas Industrial Energy Consumers, Intervenor Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 26, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marnie A. McCormick , Jay Breedveld , Mark P. Strain , John Francis Williams , Duggins Wren Mann & Romero, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jason R. LaFond , Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, John Richard Hulme, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Environmental Protection & Administrative Law Division, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Rex D. VanMiddlesworth , Michael Andrew McMillin , James Zhenghui Zhu , Thompson & Knight, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Intervenor Defendant-Appellant.

Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.


The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") and the Public Utility Commission of Texas ("PUCT") both play a role in the regulation of energy production and sale. If they issue conflicting orders, FERC's controls. This case is about whether, as the district court found, a certain PUCT order conflicts with a prior FERC...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases