BUTLER v. COAST ELEC. POWER ASSOCIATION

No. 18-60365, Consolidated with 18-60372, Consolidated with 18-60383.

926 F.3d 190 (2019)

Lakesha BUTLER, Plaintiff-Appellee v. COAST ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellant. William Willis, III, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Dixie Electric Power Association, Defendant-Appellant. Kimberly Harper, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Southern Pine Electric Cooperative, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED June 7, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brannon Lee Berry , Justin Glenn , Walker W. Jones, III , Cosmich, Simmons & Brown, P.L.L.C., Jackson, MS, Timothy Charles Holleman , Boyce Holleman & Associates, Gulfport, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee LAKESHA BUTLER.

Peter Charles Abide, Esq. , Currie, Johnson & Myers, P.A., Biloxi, MS, Christina M. Schwing , Laura Beard Renstrom , Holland & Knight, L.L.P., Jacksonville, FL, Luther T. Munford , Butler Snow, L.L.P., Ridgeland, MS, for Defendant-Appellant COAST ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION.

Brannon Lee Berry , Justin Glenn , Walker W. Jones, III , Cosmich, Simmons & Brown, P.L.L.C., Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee WILLIAM WILLIS, III.

Christina M. Schwing , Laura Beard Renstrom , Holland & Knight, L.L.P., Jacksonville, FL, Norman Gene Hortman, Jr. , Hortman, Harlow, Bassi, Robinson & McDaniel, P.L.L.C., Laurel, MS, Luther T. Munford , Butler Snow, L.L.P., Ridgeland, MS, for Defendant-Appellant DIXIE ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION.

Brannon Lee Berry , Walker W. Jones, III , Cosmich, Simmons & Brown, P.L.L.C., Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee KIMBERLY HARPER.

Christina M. Schwing , Laura Beard Renstrom , Holland & Knight, L.L.P., Jacksonville, FL, Sherrill Wayne Easterling , Hattiesburg, MS, Luther T. Munford , Butler Snow, L.L.P., Ridgeland, MS, for Defendant-Appellant SOUTHERN PINE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, ELROD, and HO, Circuit Judges.


Members of three rural power cooperatives allege that the cooperatives have failed to refund excess "patronage capital" to their members as required by state law. They request a refund of capital above a specific ratio of equity to assets established in the cooperatives' agreements with the federal Rural Utilities...

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