Joe L. Heaton

• Peoples Electric Cooperative v. Western Farmers Electric Cooperative

  District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 2010-09-29 · cited 4×

  Peoples Electric Cooperative sued Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, alleging breach of fiduciary duty among other claims, stemming from WFEC's implementation of a two-tier rate structure that increased rates for non-extending members like PEC to secure additional federal loans for power generation. The court granted WFEC's motion to dismiss the fiduciary duty claim. The decision was based on the absence of controlling Oklahoma authority recognizing a fiduciary duty owed by a generation and transmission cooperative to its member distribution cooperatives in these circumstances, distinguishing it from duties owed by trustees to ratepayers, and analogizing to corporate law where no such duty exists between the entity and shareholders.

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• Tucker v. Oliver

  District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 2010-01-07 · cited 5×

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• Coffey v. Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc.

  District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 2009-04-27 · cited 10×

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• Petzold v. Jones

  District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 2008-12-18 · cited 1×

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• Melton v. Farmers Insurance Group

  District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 2008-11-12 · cited 4×

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• United States v. Rinehart

  District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 2008-01-25 · cited 1×

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