United States Ninth Circuit

Plaintiff's petition for review, seeking refunds owed to California purchasers of energy, is granted where defendant abused its administrative discretion by declining to order refunds for violations of its reporting requirements.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/09/2003
• Decided 09/09/2004
• Published 09/09/2004

Judges

• THOMAS, Circuit Judge:, Before:  THOMAS, McKEOWN, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul Stein, Ken Alex, Tom Greene, Richard Frank, Deputy Attorneys General, San Francisco and Sacramento, CA, for petitioner Bill Lockyer., Howard E. Shapiro, Gary D. Bachman, Cheryl Feik Ryan, Van Ness Feldman, P.C., and Kenneth W. Irvin, Beth S. Brinkmann, Lois K. Perrin, Morrison & Foerster, LLP, Washington, D.C., for intervenor Wholesale Power Suppliers., Gary Cohen, Arocles Aguilar, Harvy Y. Morris, Elizabeth McQuillan, Michael Edson, San Francisco, CA, for amicus curiae California Public Utilities Commission.


• For Appellees:
  
• Beth G. Pacella, Dennis Lane, Cynthia A. Marlette, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., for respondent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.