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NORTH DAKOTA v. LANGE

No. 16-4186.

900 F.3d 565 (2018)

State of NORTH DAKOTA; Industrial Commission of North Dakota; Lignite Energy Council; Basin Electric Power Cooperative; The North American Coal Corporation; Great Northern Properties Limited Partnership; Missouri Basin Municipal Power Agency, doing business as Missouri River Energy Services; Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Nancy LANGE, Commissioner and Chair, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; John Tuma, Commissioner, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; Dan M. Lipschultz, Commissioner and Vice Chair, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; Katie Sieben, Commissioner, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; Matthew Schuerger, Commissioner, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; Jessica Looman, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Commerce, each in his or her official capacity, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 14, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Henry Boyd , John A. Knapp , Brent A. Lorentz , Christina Rieck Loukas , Winthrop & Weinstine, Minneapolis, MN, Wayne Stenehjem , Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Bismarck, ND, for Plaintiffs-Appellees for State of North Dakota, Industrial Commission of North Dakota.

Brian Raymond Bjella , Paul Forster , Crowley & Fleck, Bismarck, ND, Thomas Henry Boyd , John A. Knapp , Brent A. Lorentz , Christina Rieck Loukas , Winthrop & Weinstine, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellee Lignite Energy Council.

Thomas Henry Boyd , Brent A. Lorentz , Christina Rieck Loukas , Winthrop & Weinstine, Minneapolis, MN, Casey Jacobson , Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Bismarck, ND, for Plaintiff-Appellee Basin Electric Power Cooperative.

Thomas Henry Boyd , John A. Knapp , Brent A. Lorentz , Christina Rieck Loukas , Winthrop & Weinstine, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiffs-Appellees The North American Coal Corporation, Great Northern Properties Limited Partnership.

Thomas Henry Boyd , John A. Knapp , Brent A. Lorentz , Christina Rieck Loukas , Winthrop & Weinstine, Minneapolis, MN, William Taylor , Taylor Law Firm, Sioux Falls, SD, for Plaintiff-Appellee Missouri Basin Municipal Power Agency, doing business as Missouri River Energy Services.

Thomas Henry Boyd , John A. Knapp , Brent A. Lorentz , Christina Rieck Loukas , Winthrop & Weinstine, Minneapolis, MN. Gerad Paul , General Counsel, Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc., Grand Forks, ND, for Plaintiff-Appellee Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc.

Michael Everson , Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Saint Paul, MN, for Defendants-Appellants.

LOKEN, Circuit Judge, concurs in the result.

This appeal concerns an award of attorney's fees. In a previous appeal, this court held that portions of Minnesota's Next Generation Energy Act were unconstitutional. North Dakota v. Heydinger, 825 F.3d 912 (8th Cir. 2016). On remand, the district court

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