UTILITIES CASES
U.S. 1st Circuit, May 15, 2008
Greenwood v. New Hampshire Pub. Util. Comm'n, No. 07-2322
In a case wherein the district court enjoined a state public utilities commission from enforcing an order purportedly issued under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, the judgment is reversed and matter dismissed where: 1) the suit was barred by the statute of limitations; and 2) even if the statute of limitations had not expired, plaintiff's claim for injunctive relief called upon equitable powers of the federal court, and thus it would be inherently inequitable to allow the action to proceed and allow any relief to be granted.
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