City of Gainesville v. Florida Power & Light Co.

Decided April 18, 1980. James Lawrence King wrote the opinion for the court.

488 F. Supp. 1258 · Cited 52 times

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• Cort v. Ash · 422 U.S. 66
• J. I. Case Co. v. Borak · 377 U.S. 426
• Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. · 365 U.S. 127
• Federal Trade Commission v. Sun Oil Co. · 371 U.S. 505
• Conley v. Gibson · 355 U.S. 41
• Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Rigsby · 241 U.S. 33
• Tampa Electric Co. v. Nashville Coal Co. · 365 U.S. 320
• McLain v. Real Estate Board of New Orleans, Inc. · 444 U.S. 232
• City of Newark v. Delmarva Power & Light Co. · 467 F. Supp. 763
• LJS CO. v. Marks · 480 F. Supp. 241
• Farmland Industries, Inc. v. Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co. · 349 F. Supp. 670
• California v. Oroville-Wyandotte Irrigation District · 411 F. Supp. 361
• United States v. Otter Tail Power Company · 331 F. Supp. 54
• United States v. Otter Tail Power Company · 360 F. Supp. 451
• United States v. Richfield Oil Corp. · 99 F. Supp. 280
• Bazal v. Belford Trucking Co., Inc. · 442 F. Supp. 1089
• State v. Dade County · 142 So. 2d 79
• Brooklyn Union Gas Co. v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. · 201 F. Supp. 679
• B & W GAS, INCORPORATED v. General Gas Corporation · 247 F. Supp. 339

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