PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION, a California Nonprofit Corporation, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
STATE ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, a state agency, et al., Defendants-Appellants.
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al., Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants.
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC CO. and Southern California Edison Co., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
STATE ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, a state agency, et al., Defendants-Appellants.
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al., Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued and Submitted October 9, 1980.
Decided October 7, 1981.
Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 20, 1982.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Laurence H. Tribe, Cambridge, Mass., Roger Beers, Michael Jencks, Kathryn Burkett Dickson, Antonio Rossmann, San Francisco, Cal., William M. Chamberlain, Dian Grueneich, Sacramento, Cal., for appellants.
Ralph Cavanagh, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, Cal., for intervenors-appellants.
Raymond M. Momboise, Washington, D. C., argued, for Pacific Legal Foundation et al.; Ronald A. Zumbrun, Sacramento, Cal., on brief.
John R. McDonough, Laurence F. Jay, Ball, Hunt, Hart, Brown & Baerwitz, Beverly Hills, Cal., for Pacific Gas & Elec., et al.
Robert Rodecker, Gen. Counsel, Charleston, Va., for amicus curiae State of Va.
John J. McMahon, Deputy Atty. Gen., Boise, Idaho, for amicus curiae State of Idaho.
Bension D. Scotch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montpelier, Vt., for amicus curiae State of Vt.
J. Mark Davis, Deputy Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for amicus curiae State of Ark.
Francis S. Wright, Asst. Atty. Gen., EPA, Boston, Mass., for amicus curiae State of Mass.
Tang S. Hong, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, Hawaii, for amicus curiae State of Hawaii.
A. Rodman Johnson, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Topeka, Kan., for amicus curiae State of Kan.
Harvey S. Price, Inc., Eugene R. Fidell, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & McRae, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae Atomic Indus. Forum, Inc.
Tyrone C. Fahner, Atty. Gen., George William Wolff, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Environmental Control Div., Chicago, Ill., for amicus curiae State of Ill.
Joseph B. Knotts, Jr., Debevoise & Liberman, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae Edison Elec. Institute.
Jancie E. Kerr, San Francisco, Cal., for amicus curiae Public Utilities Com'n of Cal.
Frank W. Ostrander, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, Or., for amicus curiae State of Or.
Before FLETCHER and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges, and FITZGERALD, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 20, 1982.
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
These are consolidated appeals from two district court decisions, 489 F.Supp. 699, 472 F.Supp. 191, invalidating portions of California's Warren-Alquist Act. The Warren-Alquist Act regulates all electric plants in California and imposes a moratorium on the construction of new nuclear plants. The courts...
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