ELECTRIC POWER BD. OF CHATTANOOGA v. MONSANTO CO.

No. 88-5372.

879 F.2d 1368 (1989)

ELECTRIC POWER BOARD OF CHATTANOOGA, a Board of the City of Chattanooga, a Municipal Corporation; Huntsville Electric Utilities Board, a Board of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, a Municipal Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MONSANTO CO.; General Electric Co.; Central Moloney, Inc.; Wagner Electric Corp.; Westinghouse Electric Corp.; Sangamo Electric Corp.; McGraw-Edison Co.; Allis-Chalmers Corp., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 14, 1989.

Rehearing Denied August 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos C. Smith (argued), Edward D. Meyer, Frederick L. Hitchcock, Strang, Fletcher, Carriger, Walker, Hodge & Smith, Chattanooga, Tenn., for The City of Chattanooga.

J. Bruce Schrimsher, Morring, Schrimsher & Riley, Huntsville, Ala., for Huntsville Elec. Utilities Bd.

George M. Derryberry, Miller & Martin, Chattanooga, Tenn., for Monsanto Co.

Silas Williams, Jr., Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams, Chattanooga, Tenn., for Allis-Chalmers Corp.

Paul R. Leitner, William E. Godbold, III, Leitner, Warner, Moffitt, Williams, Chattanooga, Tenn., for General Elec. Co.

Paul R. Leitner, Chattanooga, Tenn., for McGraw-Edison Co., Cent. Moloney, Inc., Wagner Elec. Corp.

James W. Gentry, Jr., Gentry & Boehm, Chattanooga, Tenn., Richard A. Rothman, Jeffrey S. Klein, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, James F. Neal (argued), Thomas Dundon, Neal & Harwell, Nashville, Tenn., for Westinghouse Elec. Corp.

D. Lewis Mattson, Gentry & Boehm, Chattanooga, Tenn., Robert O. King, L. Gary Geddie, Jr., Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, Greenville, S.C., for Sangamo Elec. Corp.

Before ENGEL, Chief Judge, BOGGS, Circuit Judge, and COHN, District Judge.


BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the Electric Power Board of Chattanooga (EPBC) and Huntsville Electric Utilities Board (HEUB) from dismissal of their claims against defendants, Monsanto Co. (Monsanto), and General Electric Co., Central Moloney, Inc., Wagner Electric Corp., Westinghouse Electric Corp., Sangamo Electric Corp., and McGraw-Edison Co. (equipment defendants). Allis-Chalmers Corp. was also named as a defendant, but Allis-Chalmers has filed for...

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