TAUNTON MUNICIPAL LIGHTING v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

No. 1-6.

620 F.2d 896 (1980)

TAUNTON MUNICIPAL LIGHTING PLANT, Taunton, Massachusetts, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, James R. Schlesinger, Secretary, Department of Energy, and Quincy Oil, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.

Decided April 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonnie S. Blair, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, D. C., with whom Robert C. McDiarmid and Cynthia Schneider Bogorad, Washington, D. C., and Edward A. Roster, Roster & Antine, Taunton, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiff-appellant Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant.

David S. Mortensen, Hale & Dorr, Boston, Mass., with whom Timothy H. Gailey and Barbara L. Moore, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant-appellee Quincy Oil, Inc.

Barbara L. Gordon, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Alice Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dennis G. Linder and C. Max Vassanelli, and Larry P. Ellsworth and David A. Engels, Dept. of Energy, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for defendant-appellee Department of Energy.

Before METZNER, PECK and LACEY, Judges.


METZNER, Judge.

Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant (Taunton) appeals from an order of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts denying its motion for a preliminary injunction.

In this action Taunton challenges the validity of Ruling 1979-1 issued by the defendant Department of Energy (DOE), and seeks a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief. Taunton also attacks the withdrawal by DOE of a Remedial Order (RO) which it issued following the promulgation...

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