SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY ALLIANCE v. THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR REACTOR

No. 79-2446.

619 F.2d 231 (1980)

SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY ALLIANCE, Davis, Ronald L., Tompkins, Betty, Hess, Beverly M., Snell, Doreen E., Appellants, v. THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR REACTOR, General Public Utilities, Metropolitan Edison Company, Jersey Central Power & Light Co., Pennsylvania Electric Co., Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Hendrie, Joseph A., Dieckamp, Herman, Creitz, Walter M., Verrochi, W. A., Bartnoff, Shepard, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert J. Slap (argued), Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., Jean Royer Kohr, Minney, Mecum & Kohr, Lancaster, Pa., Larry B. Selkowitz, Widoff, Reager, Selkowitz & Adler, Camp Hill, Pa., for appellants.

George F. Trowbridge, Mark Augenblick, Thomas A. Baxter (argued), Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, Washington, D.C., for private appellees.

Leonard Bickwit, Jr., Gen. Counsel, Stephen F. Eilperin (argued), Sol., E. Leo Slaggie, Stephen S. Ostrach, Attys., U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., Sanford Sagalkin, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Peter R. Steenland, Jr., Chief, Appellate Section, Jacques B. Gelin, Atty., Land and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellee Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Before GIBBONS, HIGGINBOTHAM and SLOVITER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

The Susquehanna Valley Alliance, an unincorporated association of residents of Lebanon, York, and Lancaster Counties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania dedicated to preservation of the environment of the Susquehanna River, and four Lancaster County residents, (collectively the Alliance) appeal from an order dismissing their complaint seeking injunctive and declaratory relief for lack of subject matter jurisdiction...

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