Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Coalition of Cities for Affordable Utility Rates

How later courts describe this case

• common law doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel bar relitigating before Public Utility Commission prudence of utility's expenditures for nuclear power plant and resulting rate base
• where venire was 35.7% black, prosecutor used five of eight peremptory challenges to strikes blacks, and trial jury was 41.7% black, statistical evidence alone did not establish a prima facie case of discrimination
• wherein the court noted that "[t]he record fails to show that any of the five blacks responded to the prosecutor's questions in such a way as to give insight into why they were stricken"
• Criminal District Attorney of Tarrant County
• District Attorney of 70th Judicial District