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STATE EX REL. JOHNSON v. RELIANT ENERGY

No. 55752.

289 P.3d 1186 (2012)

The STATE of Nevada, in its Proprietary Capacity and as Parens Patriae, by and through its Attorney General; Peggy Maze JOHNSON and Launa Wilson, Individually and as Class Representatives for All Others Similarly Situated; and Larry Lancto, Individually and as Class Representative for All Others Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. RELIANT ENERGY, INC., a Texas Corporation; Reliant Resources, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; CenterPoint Energy, Inc., a Texas Corporation; and Kathleen M. Zanaboni, an individual, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

September 27, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine Cortez Masto , Attorney General, and Eric P. Witkoski , Chief Deputy Attorney General, Carson City; James Tynan Kelly , Houston, TX, for Appellants The State of Nevada, Peggy Maze Johnson, and Launa Wilson.

Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP and Douglass A. Mitchell , Las Vegas, for Appellant Larry Lancto.

Snell & Wilmer, LLP, and D. Neal Tomlinson , Gregory A. Bower , and Richard C. Gordon , Las Vegas; Baker Botts, LLP, and J. Gregory Copeland and Mark R. Robeck , Houston, TX, for Respondents Reliant Energy, Inc.; Reliant Resources, Inc.; and Kathleen M. Zanaboni.

Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, and William S. Kemp , Las Vegas, for Respondent CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

Before the Court En Banc.

OPINION

By the Court, CHERRY, J.:

Due in part to significant manipulation of the natural gas markets from 2000 to 2001, gas and electricity prices skyrocketed in Nevada and other western states. This case arises out of the resulting energy crisis. In this case, appellants alleged that respondents, in violation of Nevada antitrust laws, conspired with the now-defunct Enron Corporation to drive up the price of natural gas in the Southern Nevada and...

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