Anthony Williams v. Duke Energy International, Inc

How courts have described this case

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• holding that electricity is a commodity for the purposes of the Robinson-Patman Act, which prohibits price discrimination between different purchasers of commodities for those engaged in commerce
• allowing claims that involve discussion of rates but do not challenge their reasonableness
• “[I]t is the filing of the tariffs, and not any affirmative approval or scrutiny by the agency, that triggers the filed rate doctrine.”
• “The jurisdiction of the federal courts ‘cannot be limited or taken away by state statutes.’”
• “It is generally true that the jurisdiction of the federal courts ‘cannot be limited or taken away by state statutes.’”
• “‘Rule [9] requires that the circumstances of the fraud be pled with enough specificity to put defendants on notice as to the nature of the claim.’”

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