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MEMPHIS LIGHT, GAS & WATER DIV. v. CRAFT

No. 76-39.

436 U.S. 1 (1978)

98 S.Ct. 1554

56 L.Ed.2d 30

MEMPHIS LIGHT, GAS & WATER DIVISION ET AL. v. CRAFT ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 1, 1978

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frierson M. Graves, Jr., argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioners.

Thomas M. Daniel argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Elliot Taubman and Bruce Mayor.*

MR. JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an action brought under 42 U. S. C. § 1983 by homeowners in Memphis, Tenn., seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and damages against a municipal utility and several of its officers and employees for termination of utility service allegedly without due process of law. The District Court determined that respondents' claim of entitlement to continued utility service did not implicate a "property...

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