# Hunerjager v. Dixie Electric Membership Corp.

> Louisiana Court of Appeal · June 28, 1983 · 434 So. 2d 590

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7526890

## Case

- **Full name:** Jean HUNERJAGER v. DIXIE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION
- **Court:** Louisiana Court of Appeal
- **Decided:** June 28, 1983
- **Citations:** 434 So. 2d 590; 1983 La. App. LEXIS 9033; 1983 WL 821977
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Shortess
- **Judges:** Edwards, Shortess, Watkins
- **Cited by:** 5 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- concluding that member-plaintiffs had no statutory right to examine electric cooperative’s records because although there were specific provisions for records examinations in the Business Corporation Law and Non-Profit Corporation Law, there were no sections in the Electric Co…

## Opinion text

SHORTESS, Judge,
dissenting.
Dixie Electric Membership Corporation, by law, has the right to set its own rates, which affect some 44,000 households and businesses within the area it serves. Therefore, it seems incongruous to me that the Public Service Commission is subject to the Open Meeting Law, but Dixie is not. I would interpret La.R.S. 42:4.2 A(2) more liberally than the majority has and would find that Dixie is subject to the provisions of the “Sunshine Law” because it fits the definition of a public body.
Accordingly, I respectfully dissent.

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