GENERAL ATOMIC CO. v. DUKE POWER CO.

No. 76-1152.

553 F.2d 53 (1977)

GENERAL ATOMIC COMPANY, a partnership composed of Gulf Oil Corporation and Scallop Nuclear, Inc., a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DUKE POWER COMPANY, a North Carolina Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Robb of Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P. A., Albuquerque, N. M. (George T. Harris of Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, Albuquerque, N. M., and William R. Federici of Montogomery, Federici, Andrews, Hannahs & Buell, Santa Fe, N. M., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Russell Moore of Keleher & McLeod, Albuquerque, N. M. (Clarence W. Walker and Charles V. Tompkins, Jr. of Kennedy, Covington, Lobdell & Hickman, Charlotte, N. C., Raymond A. Jolly, Jr., Associate Gen. Counsel, Duke Power Co., Charlotte, N. C., and Charles L. Moore of Keleher & McLeod, Albuquerque, N. M., on the brief), for defendant-appellee, Duke Power Co.

Rogers M. Doering, New York City (Harold S. Parsons-Lewis and Margot A. Metzner, New York City, of counsel, Johnson, Paulantis & Lanphere, Albuquerque, N. M., and Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee, Indiana & Michigan Elec. Co.

James Snead of Ortega, Snead, Dixon & Hanna, Albuquerque, N. M. (Avern Cohn and Gerald S. Cook of Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, Detroit, Mich., Leon S. Cohan and Dean J. Landau, The Detroit Edison Co., Legal Dept., Detroit, Mich., and Arturo G. Ortega of Ortega, Snead, Dixon & Hanna, Albuquerque, N. M., on the brief), for defendant-appellee, Detroit-Edison Co.

Harlan Dellsy, Chicago, Ill. (Richard E. Powell and Paul M. Murphy, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, Isham, Lincoln & Beale, Chicago, Ill., and Poole, Tinnin, Danfelser & Martin, Albuquerque, N. M., on the brief), for defendant-appellee, Commonwealth Edison Co.

Harry L. Bigbee of Bigbee, Stephenson, Carpenter & Crout, Santa Fe, N. M., (Donnan Stephenson and Michael R. Comeau of Bigbee, Stephenson, Carpenter & Crout, Santa Fe, N. M., on the brief), for defendant-appellee, United Nuclear Corp.

Before McWILLIAMS, BREITENSTEIN and DOYLE, Circuit Judges.


WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.

General Atomic Company here has appealed a judgment of the District Court, the effect of which was denial of General Atomic's claim that the court had jurisdiction pursuant to the interpleader statute, 28 U.S.C. Section 1335. The basis for the trial court's ruling was that plaintiff had not demonstrated that it was subject to conflicting claims by two or more defendants growing out of a single obligation of the plaintiff.

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