NEW ENGLAND POWER CO. v. UNITED STATES

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Robinson, Providence, R.I., with whom Pasco Gasbarro, Jr., Thomas P. Peters, Westborough, Mass., Fritz R. Kahn, Robert R. Brinker, David A.K. Harland, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for petitioner.

John F. Donelan, and Frederic L. Wood, Washington, D.C., on brief, for intervenor Carolina Power & Light Co.

Charles J. McCarthy, and McCarthy, Sweeney & Harkway, Washington, D.C., on brief, for intervenors Commonwealth Edison Co., et al.

Timm L. Abendroth, with whom William F. Baxter, Asst. Atty. Gen., John Broadley, Gen. Counsel, Kathleen M. Dollar, Associate Gen. Counsel, John J. Powers, III and Kenneth Kolson, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for respondents.

Michael Boudin, with whom Catherine W. Brown, J. Peter Byrne, Robert Batchelder, Washington, D.C., John A. Daily, Philadelphia, Pa., Samuel R. Freeman, Denver, Colo., Stuart F. Gassner, Chicago, Ill., James L. Howe, Richmond, Va., Richard W. Kienle, Roanoke, Va., Howard Koontz, Chicago, Ill., Thormund A. Miller, Carol A. Harris, San Francisco, Cal., Stuart Vaughn, Milton E. Nelson, Jr., Chicago, Ill., Hanford O'Hara, Washington, D.C., C. Harold Peterson, Minneapolis, Minn., Alan R. Post, Cottage Grove, Minn., Charles C. Rettberg, Jr., Cleveland, Ohio, Albert B. Russ, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., and Michael Thompson, were on brief, for intervenor Railroads.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWNES, Circuit Judge.