NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. v. U.S.

No. 17-12304.

893 F.3d 1353 (2018)

NEXTERA ENERGY, INC., and Affiliated Subsidiaries f.k.a. FPL Group, Inc., Florida Power & Light Company, separately and as parent of Florida Power & Light Company and Affiliated Subsidiaries, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 28, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Bruce Salmons , James D. Bridgeman , Bryan Michael Killian , Raechel Keay Kummer , William F. Nelson , James G. Steele, III , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Robert T. Carney , Florida Power and Light Company, Christopher S. Rizek , Caplin & Drysdale, Washington, DC, James P. Dawson , Florida Power & Light Company, Juno Beach, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Ivan Clay Dale , Bruce R. Ellisen , Gilbert Steven Rothenberg , U.S. Department of Justice, Chief Appellate Section Tax Division, Joseph R. Ganahl , U.S. Department of Justice, Cory A. Johnson , Gregory L. Jones , U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before MARTIN, JULIE CARNES, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiff NextEra Energy, Inc., and its subsidiaries Florida Power & Light Company and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC (collectively "NextEra") operate five nuclear power plants. NextEra seeks a sizeable tax refund for net operating losses resulting from fees it paid to the Nuclear Waste Fund for the disposal of radioactive...

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