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Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. Thibodaux, 360 U.S. 25 (1959)
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Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. Thibodaux, 360 U.S. 25 (1959)
Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of Thibodaux No. 398 Argued April 2, 1959 Decided June 8, 1959 360 U.S. 25
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
Syllabus
The authority of respondent City of Thibodaux to expropriate the property of petitioner Power and Light Company was challenged in an eminent domain proceeding in the District Court, which had jurisdiction based on diversity of citizenship. Petitioner answered respondent’s reliance upon a Louisiana statute by citing an opinion of the Louisiana Attorney General advising that a Louisiana city was without power to effect a similar expropriation. The District Judge, on his own motion, ordered that further proceedings be stayed until the Louisiana Supreme Court had been afforded an opportunity to interpret the theretofore judicially uninterpreted Act.
Held: the District Court properly exercised the power it had in this case to stay proceedings pending a prompt state court construction of a state statute of dubious meaning. Pp. 25-31.
255 F.2d 774 reversed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. Thibodaux, 360 U.S. 25 (1959) in 360 U.S. 25 Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=14J3M6XC6QJ79MD.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. Thibodaux, 360 U.S. 25 (1959), in 360 U.S. 25, Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=14J3M6XC6QJ79MD.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. Thibodaux, 360 U.S. 25 (1959). cited in 1959, 360 U.S. 25. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=14J3M6XC6QJ79MD.
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