SEATTLE MASTER BUILDERS v. PACIFIC N.W. ELEC. POWER

No. 83-7585.

786 F.2d 1359 (1986)

SEATTLE MASTER BUILDERS ASSOCIATION; Homebuilders Association of Spokane, Inc.; National Woodwork Manufacturers' Association; Fir & Hemlock Door Association; Shelter Development Corporation; Clair W. Daines, Inc.; Conner Development Co.; Donald N. McDonald; Seattle Door Co., Inc.; Homebuilders Association of Washington State, Petitioners, v. PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTRIC POWER AND CONSERVATION PLANNING COUNCIL (Northwest Power Planning Council), Respondent, and United States of America, Intervenor-Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 10, 1986.

As Amended June 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. King, John W. Hempelmann, Paul Sikora, Diamond & Sylvester, Seattle, Wash., for Seattle Master Builders.

Ronald A. Zumbrun, Robin L. Rivett, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, Cal., Sam Kazman, Kevin J. Heron, Pacific Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Pacific Legal Foundation.

W. Hugh O'Riordan, Roy L. Eiguren, Runft, Leroy, Stecher, Coffin & O'Riordan, Chtd., Boise, Idaho, for amicus curiae Salmon River Elec. Co-op. Idaho Cty. Power & Light Unity Light & Power.

Aaron M. Peck, Steven G. Harman, McKenna, Conner & Cuneo, Los Angeles, Cal., Frank W. Ostrander, Gen. Counsel, Janet C. Hanson, William R. Cook, Associate Counsels, Northwest Power Planning Council, Portland, Or., for Northwest Power.

Mike Greely, Atty. Gen., Chris D. Tweeten, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Mont., Helena, Mont., for amicus curiae State of Mont.

Jim Jones, Atty. Gen., John J. McMahon, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., State of Idaho, Boise, Idaho, for amicus curiae State of Idaho.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Atty. Gen., Philip H. Austin, Sr. Dep. Atty. Gen., Edward H. Southon, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Wash., Olympia, Wash., for amicus curiae State of Wash.

Richard Geltman, Gen. Counsel, Jeffrey Genzer, Associate Counsel, Nat. Governor's Ass'n, Washington, D.C., David Frohmayer, Associate Counsel, for amicus curiae Nat. Governors' Ass'n.

William J. Barker, Chief Asst. City Atty., Mark Bubenik, Asst. City Atty., City of Tacoma, Tacoma, Wash., for amicus curiae City of Tacoma.

Terrence V. Sawyer, Spokane, Wash., for amicus curiae Northwest Conservation Act Coalition.

William M. Chamberlain, Gen. Counsel, Jonathan Blees, Deputy Gen. Counsel, California State Energy Resources Conservation & Development Comm., Sacramento, Cal., for amicus curiae California State Energy Resources Conservation & Development Comm.

Richard K. Willard, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul Blankenstein, Robert V. Zener, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Harvard P. Spigal, Gen. Counsel, James O. Luce, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Paul S. Majkut, Stephen R. Larson, Preston D. Michie, Marybeth Van Buren, Bonneville Power Admin., Portland, Or., for the U.S.

Before GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

A group of home builders and other industry representatives filed an original petition in this court seeking to strike down as unconstitutional both the Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council and the Council's 1983 Northwest Conservation and Electric Power Plan.

We have jurisdiction under the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act, Pub.L. 96-501, 94 Stat. 2697, 16 U.S.C. § 839...

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