IN RE URANIUM ANTITRUST LITIGATION

MDL 342, No. 76 C 3830.

473 F.Supp. 393 (1979)

In re URANIUM ANTITRUST LITIGATION. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. RIO ALGOM LIMITED, Rio Algom Corporation, Rio Tinto Zinc Corporation Limited, RTZ Services Limited, Rio Tinto Zinc Corporation, Conzinc Rio Tinto of Australia Limited, Mary Kathleen Uranium Limited, Pancontinental Mining Limited, Queensland Mines Limited, Nuclear Fuels Corporation, Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa, Limited, Engelhard Minerals and Chemicals Corporation, Denison Mines, Limited, Denison Mines (U.S.) Incorporated, Noranda Mines Limited, Gulf Oil Corporation, Gulf Minerals Canada Limited, Kerr-McGee Corporation, the Anaconda Company, Getty Oil Company, Utah International Inc., Phelps Dodge Corporation, Western Nuclear, Inc., Homestake Mining Company, Atlas Corporation, Reserve Oil and Minerals Corporation, United Nuclear Corporation, Federal Resources Corporation, and Pioneer Nuclear, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

April 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Pascal, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, Ill., for the Anaconda Co.

Gregory A. Adamski, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, Ill., Michael V. Corrigan, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for Atlas Corporation.

Richard L. Blatt, Peterson, Ross, Schloerb & Seidel, Chicago, Ill., Laurence V. Senn, Jr., Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander, New York City, for Denison Canada and Denison U. S.

Kenneth R. Gaines, Altheimer & Gray, Chicago, Ill., Raymond L. Falls, Jr., Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City, for Englehard Minerals.

Richard K. Decker, Lord, Bissel & Brook, Chicago, Ill., Leonard J. Lewis, Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, Salt Lake City, Utah, for Federal Resources Corp.

James W. Hathaway, Burditt & Calkins, Chicago, Ill., Brenton F. Goodrich, Overton, Lyman & Prince, Los Angeles, Cal., for Getty Oil Co.

Jonathan G. Bunge, Keck, Cushman, Mahin & Cate, Chicago, Ill., Richard T. Colman, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D. C., for Gulf Oil Corporation and Gulf Minerals Canada, Ltd.

J. Craig Busey, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Ill., David M. Balabania, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, Cal., for Homestake Mining Co.

Thomas W. Johnston, Chadwell, Kayser, Ruggles, McGee & Hastings, Chicago, Ill., for Kerr-McGee Corp.

Joseph S. Wright, Jr., Rooks, Pitts, Fullagar & Poust, Chicago, Ill., for Noranda Mines Ltd.

John H. Hall, Debevoise, Plimpton, Lyons & Gates, New York City, for Phelps Dodge Corp. and Western Nuclear, Inc.

Thomas D. Allen, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, Ill., Andrew Barr, Locke, Purnell, Boren, Laney & Neely, Dallas, Tex., for Pioneer Nuclear, Inc.

Richard P. Campbell, McConnell & Campbell, Chicago, Ill., for Reserve Oil & Minerals Corp.

Paul G. Gebhard, Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, Ill., Richard E. Sherwood, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, Cal., for RTZ Corp. of America.

Robert T. Johnson, Jr., Bell, Boyd, Lloyd, Raddad & Burns, Chicago, Ill., W. Perry Pearce, Bigbee, Stephenson, Carpenter & Crout, Santa Fe, N. M., for United Nuclear Corp.

Watson B. Tucker, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for Utah International, Inc.

Keith F. Bode, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for Rio Algom Corporation.

Lee A. Freeman, Jr., Freeman, Rothe, Freeman & Saltzman, Chicago, Ill., Raymond F. Scannell, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa., George S. Leisure, Jr., Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York City, for Westinghouse.


MEMORANDUM DECISION

MARSHALL, District Judge.

Plaintiff Westinghouse Electric Corporation has moved to dismiss various counterclaims filed by seven defendants — Atlas Corporation, Anaconda Company, Kerr-McGee Corporation, Homestake Mining Company, Western Nuclear, Inc., Getty Oil Company, and Utah International, Inc. Westinghouse's motions fall into three categories. First, it challenges the standing of five counterclaimants—Atlas, Anaconda...

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