CITY OF SPRINGFIELD v. WASH. PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY

Nos. 83-3927, 83-4024.

752 F.2d 1423 (1985)

The CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, etc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, etc.; City of Eugene; Bonneville Power Administration, etc.; Peter Johnson, etc.; et al., Defendants-Appellees, v. Peter DeFAZIO, et al., Intervening Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 4, 1985.

As Amended April 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Clarke, Spears, Lubersky, Campbell, Bledsoe, Anderson & Young, Portland, Or., for Washington Public Power Supply Systems.

James T. Waldron, Mildred J. Carmack, Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, Portland, Or., for Eugene Water & Electric Bd.

Paul A. Gaulker, Atty., Richard K. Willard, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Charles H. Turner, U.S. Atty., Portland, Or., Dennis G. Linder, Branch Director, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., David E. Lofgren, Thomas D. Miller, Sp. Attys., Portland, Or., for Bonneville Power Admin.

John Neupert, Douglas Ragen, William H. Walters, Miller, Nash, Weiner, Hager & Carlsen, Portland, Or., for Washington Utilities Group.

William F. Martson, Jr., Barbee B. Lyon, Tonkon, Torp, Galen, Marmaduke & Booth, Portland, Or., for Portland General Electric Co.

John Volkman, Stephen S. Walters, Joyce A. Harpole, Stoel, Rives, Boley, Fraser & Wyse, Portland, Or., for Pacific Power & Light Co.

Frank Hilton, Jr., Schwab, Hilton & Howard, Portland, Or., for Columbia Rural Electric Asso., Inc.

John Lowery, Gordon Wilcox, Riddell, Williams, Bullitt & Walkinshaw, Seattle, Wash., for the 17 defendants.

Robert L. Ackerman, Ackerman, DeWenter & Huntsberger, Springfield, Or., for DeFazio.

Rene Remund, Armstrong, Vanderstoep, Remund & Kelly, Chahalis, Wash., for Lewis County PUD 1.

Benjamin H. Settle, Heuston & Settle, Shelton, Wash., for Mason County PUD 3.

Before KENNEDY and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, District Judge.


FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a challenge to the validity of several contracts to construct and distribute power from nuclear power plants among (1) a number of Oregon, Washington and Idaho cities and public utility districts (the participants), (2) the Washington Public Power Supply System (Supply System or WPPSS), and (3) the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). The district court rejected the argument that the participants lacked authority under...

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