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OPELOUSAS TRUST AUTHORITY v. CLECO CORP.

Nos. 2012-CC-0622, 2012-CC-0623, 2012-CC-0636.

105 So.3d 26 (2012)

OPELOUSAS TRUST AUTHORITY d/b/a Opelousas General Health System, et al. v. CLECO CORPORATION and Cleco Power, LLC. Deborah Mayo, et al. v. Cleco Corporation and Cleco Power, LLC.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 4, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cleco Corporation, Mark Douglas Pearce , Julia E. Callis , Stanley, Reuter, Ross, Thornton & Alford, LLC, Richard C. Stanley , W. Raley Alford, III , Alison Nunez deClouet, for Applicant (Nos. 2012-CC-0622, 2012-CC-0623).

Public Service Commission, Dennis Coleman Weber , Amanda Hurt Smith , Kenneth Boagni Law Offices, Kenneth Boagni , Dianne Marie Mayo , Anna A. Simmons, LLC, Anna Wise Cunningham Simmons , Law Office of Robert L. Beck Jr. , LLC, Robert Lawrence Beck, Jr. , Morrow, Morrow, Ryan & Bassett, Jeffrey M. Bassett , Patrick Craig Morrow, Sr. , Neblett, Beard & Arsenault, Richard Joseph Arsenault , John Randall Whaley , The Doran Law Firm, PLLC, Pride Justin Doran , for Respondent (Nos. 2012-22-0622, 2012-22-0623).

Dennis Coleman Weber , LA Public Service Commission, Amanda Hurt Smith, for Applicant (No. 2012-CC-0636).

Cleco Corporation, Mark Douglas Pearce , Julia E. Callis , Stanley, Reuter, Ross, Thornton & Alford, LLC, Richard C. Stanley , W. Raley Alford, III , Alison Nunez deClouet, Kenneth Boagni Law Offices, Kenneth Boagni , Dianne Marie Mayo, Anna A. Simmons, LLC, Anna Wise Cunningham Simmons , Law Office of Robert L. Beck Jr., LLC, Robert Lawrence Beck, Jr. , Morrow, Morrow, Ryan & Bassett, Jeffrey M. Bassett , Patrick Craig Morrow, Sr. , Neblett, Beard & Arsenault, Richard Joseph Arsenault , John Randall Whaley , The Doran Law Firm, PLLC, Pride Justin Doran , for Respondent (No. 2012-CC-0636).

KIMBALL, C.J.

We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether the district court or the Louisiana Public Service Commission ("LPSC") has subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate a claim by a putative class of utility ratepayers in the City of Opelousas against Cleco Corporation and Cleco Power, LLC ("Cleco"). The ratepayers seek reimbursement for alleged overcharges for electricity for a period of nearly twenty years, based on a franchise agreement Cleco...

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