PETERSON v. EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD

Civ. No. 65-395.

275 F.Supp. 286 (1967)

E. W. PETERSON and Ruth Ann Peterson, Plaintiffs, v. EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD, Acting on Behalf of the City of Eugene, a municipal corporation, Defendant. Insurance Company of North America, a Pennsylvania corporation, and Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, a California corporation, Additional Plaintiffs on Counterclaim, Bechtel Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Additional Defendant on Counterclaim.

United States District Court D. Oregon.

April 18, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Tongue and Wm. M. Dale, Jr., Hicks, Tongue, Dale & Strader, Portland, Or., for plaintiffs.

Robert J. Miller, Black, Kendall, Tremaine, Booth & Higgins, Portland, Or., for Eugene Water & Electric Bd.

John Gordon Gearin, McColloch, Dezendorf & Spears, Portland, Or., for Bechtel Corp.


OPINION FINDINGS AND ORDER

KILKENNY, District Judge:

Segregated for trial is the limited issue on the effect of a receipt and release, executed by Bechtel Corporation (Bechtel) and Eugene Water & Electric Board (Eugene) on October 14, 1963.

Eugene, defendant and third-party plaintiff, owns and operates a series of hydro-electric dams and reservoirs, collectively known as the Carmen-Smith Project, on the Smith and McKenzie Rivers in Lane and Linn...

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