LSP TRANSMISSION HOLDINGS, LLC v. LANGE

Civil No. 17-4490 (DWF/HB).

329 F.Supp.3d 695 (2018)

LSP TRANSMISSION HOLDINGS, LLC, Plaintiff, v. Nancy LANGE, Commissioner and Chair, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; Dan Lipschultz, Commissioner, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; Matt Schuerger, Commissioner, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; John Tuma, Commissioner, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; Katie Sieben, Commissioner, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; and Mike Rothman, Commissioner, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, Minnesota Department of Commerce, each in his or her official capacity, Defendants, and Northern States Power Company d/b/a Xcel Energy, and ITC Midwest, LLC, Intervenor-Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

Filed June 21, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Cause: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Civil Rights Act
Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles N. Nauen, Esq. , David J. Zoll, Esq. , and Rachel Ann Kitze Collins, Esq. , Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP, counsel for Plaintiff.

Jason Marisam , Solicitor General, Minnesota Attorney General's Office, counsel for State Defendants.

Aaron D. Van Oort, Esq. , Lauren W. Linderman, Esq. , and Nathaniel J. Zylstra, Esq. , Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, counsel for Northern States Power Company d/b/a Xcel Energy.

John Pavelko, Esq. , Leah C. Janus, Esq. , and Lisa M. Agrimonti, Esq. , Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., counsel for ITC Midwest LLC.

B. Andrew Brown, Esq. , Dorsey & Whitney LLP; Brian M. Meloy, Esq. , and Thomas Carl Burman, Esq. , Stinson Leonard Street LLP; David R. Moeller, Esq. , Minnesota Power; and Jennifer O. Smestad, Esq. , Otter Tail Power Company, counsel for Amicus Utilities.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

INTRODUCTION

This matter involves a Constitutional challenge under the dormant Commerce Clause to Minnesota Statute § 216B.246, which grants incumbent electric utilities a right of first refusal to...

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