COM. OF MASS., DEPT. OF PUBLIC UTIL. v. U.S.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Barnico, Asst. Atty. Gen., Government Bureau, with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Attorney General, and James W. Stetson, Staff Counsel, Massachusetts Dept. of Public Utilities, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for petitioner.

Joanne Leveque, Atty., with whom Stephen R. Melton, Acting Gen. Counsel, and Barbara J. Weller, Deputy Sol., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for respondent.

Samuel Huntington, and Thomas G. Robinson, Westborough, Mass., on brief, for New England Power Co., amicus curiae.

Robert P. Wax, with whom Philip M. Small, Hartford, Conn., was on brief, for intervenor.

Before COFFIN and BREYER, Circuit Judges, and PETTINE, Senior District Judge.