Southern California Edison Company v. Orange County Transportation Authority

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON No. 22-55498 COMPANY, a California public utility corporation; SOUTHERN D.C. Nos. CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY, a 8:20-cv-02186- California public utility corporation, DOC-KES 8:20-cv-02187- Plaintiffs-counter- DOC-KES defendants-Appellants,

v. OPINION

ORANGE COUNTY

TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY,

a public corporation,

Defendant-counter-claimant- Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California David O. Carter, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 13, 2023 Pasadena, California

Filed March 13, 2024 Before: Eric D. Miller and Salvador Mendoza, Jr., Circuit Judges, and Barry Ted Moskowitz, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Miller

SUMMARY **

Civil Rights/Takings

The panel affirmed the district court’s summary judgment for the Orange County Transportation Authority (OTCA) in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action brought by two investor-owned utilities, Southern California Edison Company and Southern California Gas Company…