New Orleans Public Service, Inc. v. The Council of the City of New Orleans

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• “Nantahala and Mississippi Power and Light reaffirmed the well-established principle that if FERC has jurisdiction over a subject, states cannot have jurisdiction over it”
• “We must decide whether FERC has jurisdiction to determine whether [the public utility] acted prudently once the … project [at issue to build nuclear reactors] was underway.”
• “There is little to be gained from rehashing the same evidence in another forum . . . . The district court thus properly concluded that the desire to avoid piecemeal litigation counseled in favor of a stay.”
• “There is little to be gained from rehashing the same evidence in another forum . . . . The district court thus properly concluded that the desire to avoid piecemeal litigation counseled in favor of a stay.” (emphasis added)

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