GORDON v. COUNCIL OF CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

Nos. 2008-C-0929, 2008-C-0932, 2008-OC-1226, 2008-OC-1240.

9 So.3d 63 (2009)

Reverend C.S. GORDON, Jr., J. Michael Malec, Darryl Malek-Wiley, Willie Webb, Jr., and Maison St. Charles, L.L.C. d/b/a Quality Inn Maison St. Charles v. The COUNCIL OF the CITY OF NEW ORLEANS and Entergy New Orleans, Inc.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilkerson & Henry, Walter Jefferson Wilkerson, New Orleans; Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Clinton A. Vince, Orlando Vidal, Washington, DC, for Applicant (2008-C-0929 & 2008-OC-1226).

Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, Ewell Elton Eagan, Jr., Phillip Jay Antis, Jr., Wendy Hickok Robinson, New Orleans; Entergy Services, Inc., Margot Gallup Augustin, Alyssa A. Maurice, Kathryn J. Lichtenberg; Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Blache, Balhoff & McCollister, Jon Kenton Parsons, Luke Francis Piontek, Thomas John Capella; Murray, Darnell & Associates, Michael Charles Darnell, Edwin Rene Murray, New Orleans; Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Bob F. Wright, James Parkerson Roy, Lafayette; Barkley & Thompson, Walter C. Thompson, Jr., New Orleans, for Respondents (2008-c-0929 & 2008-OC-1226).

Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, Ewell Elton Eagan, Jr., Phillip Jay Antis, Jr., Wendy Hickok Robinson, New Orleans; Entergy Services, Inc., Margot Gallup Augustin, Alyssa A. Maurice, Kathryn J. Lichtenberg, for Applicant (2008-C-0932 & 2008-OC-1240).

Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Blache, Balhoff & McCollister, Jon Kenton Parsons, Luke Francis Piontek, Thomas John Capella; Murray, Darnell & Associates, Michael Charles Darnell, Edwin Rene Murray, New Orleans; Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Bob F. Wright, James Parkerson Roy, Lafayette; Wilkerson & Henry, Walter Jefferson Wilkerson, New Orleans; Barkley & Thompson, Walter C. Thompson, Jr., New Orleans, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Clinton A. Vince, Orlando Vidal, Washington, DC, for Respondent (2008-C-0932 & 2008-OC-1240).


VICTORY, J.

We granted and consolidated these writ applications primarily to determine whether the court of appeal erred in reversing an order of the Council of the City of New Orleans (the "Council") and directing Entergy New Orleans, Inc. ("ENO") to refund $34,300,000 to its ratepayers for charges related to System Fuels, Inc.("SFI") Period Costs which ENO had been collecting through its Fuel Adjustment Clause ("FAC") from 1985 through 2000. After reviewing the...

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