BREIDING v. EVERSOURCE ENERGY

No. 18-1995.

939 F.3d 47 (2019)

Scott BREIDING; Amy Pollutro; Mikaela Ortstein-otero; Benjamin Rose; Margaret Lewis; Richard Lewis; Eric Long; Peter Steers; Bradford Keith; John Odum; David Leighton; Donna Cordeiro; Janice Angelillo; Anna Maria Fornino; Michele Cassetta; Judy Cennami, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, Appellants, Erik Allen; Nicholas Correia; Janice Brady; Opal Ash; Roberto Prats; Mark Lejeune, Plaintiffs, v. EVERSOURCE ENERGY, a Massachusetts voluntary association; Avangrid, Inc., a New York corporation, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

September 18, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Sobol , Cambridge, MA, with whom Kristie A. LaSalle , Cambridge, MA, Bradley Vettraino , Boston, MA, Steve W. Berman , Seattle, WA, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, David F. Sorensen , Philadelphia, PA, Michael Dell'Angelo , Philadelphia, PA, Glen L. Abramson , Philadelphia, PA, and Berger Montague PC were on brief, for appellants.

Whitney E. Street , Block & Leviton LLP, Boston, MA, Sandeep Vaheesan , and Open Markets Institute on brief for Open Markets Institute as amicus curiae.

Richard P. Bress , Washington, DC, and John D. Donovan, Jr. , Boston, MA, with whom Shannen W. Coffin , Washington, DC, Douglas G. Green , Washington, DC, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Chong S. Park , Washington, DC, Ropes & Gray LLP, Marguerite M. Sullivan , Washington, DC, Allyson M. Maltas , Washington, DC, Caroline A. Flynn , and Latham & Watkins LLP were on brief, for appellees.

Before Torruella, Selya, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.


Eversource Energy and Avangrid, Inc. ("the defendants") are two large energy companies that purchase natural gas directly from producers and then resell that gas to retail natural gas consumers throughout New England. In order to transport the natural gas that the defendants purchase...

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