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White River Valley Electric Litigation (Missouri)

We have attempted to assemble information involving all types of litigation involving White River Valley Electric Cooperative of Branson, Missouri.

We don't represent that this is all litigation involving these businesses nor do we claim that the assertions in any of the pleadings are all true and correct. 

But we do believe this is useful to the patrons and former patrons of White River Valley Electric and representative of what it is involved with in the courts.

Some of these links take you outside of the Coop Litigation News website so we aren't responsible for the content.


In the Circuit Court of Douglas County, Missouri
Burks et al.  v. White River Valley Electric Cooperative
Case Number 09DG-CV00140

Brief Summary

    This class action lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court of Douglas County, Missouri on September 24, 2009.  The Plaintiff seeks recovery on behalf of a class of former members of White River Valley Electric Cooperative of a portion of more than $60 Million in patronage capital or capital credits owed to former members of the Coop.

    This lawsuit was only recently filed and in the very early stages of the litigation.

     For a complete list of all the allegations see the Original Class Action Petition.

Major Pleadings

    This is a listing of a few of the more important pleadings filed in this lawsuit which can be downloaded by clicking on the relevant link:


Coop Members' Lawyers

    This is a list of the law firms representing the Plaintiff former members and owners of capital credits of White River Valley Electric Cooperative:


111 Congress, Suite 400
Austin, Texas  78701
(512) 330-0074

Kirby McInerney
825 Third Avenue
New York City, New York  10022
(212) 371-6600

Steelman, Gaunt & Horsefield
901 North Pine Street
Rolla, Missouri  65401
(573) 341-8336

Cook Barkett Maguire & Ponder
715 N. Clark St., P.O. Box 1180
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
(573) 335-6651

Mitchell DeClerck
202 West Broadway Avenue
Enid, Oklahoma  73701
(580) 234-5144

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