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ALUMINUM CO. v. UTILITIES COM'N OF STATE OF N.C.

Nos. 82-1733(L), 82-1765.

713 F.2d 1024 (1983)

ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Pennsylvania Corporation, and Tapoco, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation, Appellants, v. UTILITIES COMMISSION OF the STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA; Robert K. Koger, Leigh M. Hammond, Sarah Lindsay Tate, John W. Winter, Edward B. Hipp, A. Hartwell Campbell, and Douglas O. Leary, in their respective official capacities as Chairman and Commissioners of the North Carolina Utilities Commission, Appellees, Rufus L. Edmisten, Attorney General of North Carolina, Amicus Curiae, United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, and Local Union 309, Amicus Curiae. STATE OF TENNESSEE, Tennessee Office of Economic and Community Development, Appellants, and Aluminum Company of America, a Pennsylvania Corporation, and Tapoco, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. UTILITIES COMMISSION OF STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Robert L. Koger, Leigh M. Hammond, Sarah Lindsay Tate, John W. Winter, Edward B. Hipp, A. Hartwell Campbell and Douglas O. Leary, in their respective official capacities as Chairman and Commissioners of the North Carolina Utilities Commission, Appellees, Rufus L. Edmisten, Attorney General of North Carolina, Amicus Curiae, United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, and Local Union 309, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1983.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 21, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grant S. Lewis, New York City (Ronald D. Jones, David R. Pope, John S. Kinzey, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, New York City, on brief), Charles L. Lewis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn. (William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., William B. Hubbard, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., I. Edward Johnson, Raleigh, N.C., Richard L. Holz, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Pittsburgh, Pa., on brief), for appellants.

Jerry W. Amos and Reid L. Phillips, Greensboro, N.C. (Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, Greensboro, N.C., on brief), for appellees; (Cooper, Mitch & Crawford, Birmingham, Ala., Jonathan R. Harkavy, Smith, Patterson, Follin, Curtis, James & Harkavy, Greensboro, N.C., Carl B. Frankel, United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, Pittsburgh, Pa., on brief), as amicus curiae United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO; (William T. Crisp, Robert F. Page, Crisp, Davis, Schwentker & Page; Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen., Richard L. Griffin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N.C., on brief), as amicus curiae Rufus L. Edmisten.

Before MURNAGHAN and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and KELLAM, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 21, 1983.

ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

The Aluminum Company of America ("Alcoa") and its wholly owned subsidiary, Tapoco, Inc. ("Tapoco") appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina wherein their action against the Utilities Commission of the State of North Carolina ("NCUC") was dismissed on abstention grounds. Alcoa and Tapoco brought this action seeking to enjoin the enforcement...

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