Eleventh Circuit denies state-action immunity for utility tying

Spencer Parts

22 August 2019

Elbert P Tuttle Courthouse (Credit: ca11.uscourts.gov)

A Georgia city does not have state-action immunity for conditioning water service outside the city limits on use of natural gas, a federal appeals court has affirmed.

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