LA Utility's Surplus Transfers Not Extortion, 9th Circ. Affirms

By Craig Clough (August 26, 2020, 7:49 PM EDT) -- The Ninth Circuit has affirmed a lower court's decision tossing Hobbs Act and anti-racketeering act claims against Los Angeles city leaders, holding that the city's policy of transferring surplus power and water utility charges to the general fund is not an act of extortion....

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