RHODE ISLAND COM. ON ENERGY v. GENERAL SERVICES

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myron M. Cherry, Chicago, Ill., with whom Peter A. Flynn, Chicago, Ill., and Thomas C. Mullaney, Jr., Providence, R. I., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

John J. Zimmerman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Peter R. Taft, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Lincoln C. Almond, U. S. Atty., Everett C. Sammartino, Asst. U. S. Atty., Providence, R. I., Edmund B. Clark, and Irwin L. Schroeder, Jr., Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Felice D. Cohen and Richard E. Ayres, Washington, D. C., were on brief for The Fund for Constitutional Government, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., and the Friends of the Earth, amici curiae.

Edward F. Hindle, Matthew F. Medeiros, Edwards & Angell, Providence, R. I., and Beveridge, Fairbanks & Diamond, Washington, D. C., were on brief for New England Power Co. and the Narragansett Elec. Co., amici curiae.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, ALDRICH and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.