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· 9/24/1986

Middle South Energy, Inc. And New Orleans Public Service Inc. v. The City of New Orleans and the Council of the City of New Orleans

Citations

  • 800 F.2d 488
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 31139

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  • “A federal court may not issue a declaratory judgment unless there exists an “actual controversy,” i.e., there must be a substantial controversy of sufficient immediacy and reality between parties having adverse legal interests.”

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Judges: Brown, Reavley, Jones

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