The POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, Appellant,
v.
Stephen H. SACHS, in his capacity as Attorney General of Maryland; Adele Wilzack, in her capacity as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Appellees, and
State of New York, et al., Amici Curiae.
The POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, Appellee,
v.
Stephen H. SACHS, in his capacity as Attorney General of Maryland; Adele Wilzack, in her capacity as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Appellants, and
State of New York, et al., Amici Curiae.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued July 14, 1986.
Decided October 17, 1986.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Arnold M. Weiner (Michael Schatzow, Ethan L. Bauman, Melnicove, Kaufman, Weiner & Smouse, Baltimore, Md., on brief), E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr. (Sherwin J. Markman, John C. Keeney, Jr., David J. Hayes, Hogan & Hartson, Kathleen B. DeWeese, Associate Gen. Counsel, Potomac Elec. Power Co., Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellant/cross appellee.
Ralph S. Tyler, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., Richard M. Hall, Michael C. Powell, Kathie A. Stein, Charles R. Taylor, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellees/cross appellants.
Karen L. Florini, U.S. Dept. of Justice (F. Henry Habicht, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jacques B. Gelin, Margaret A. Hill, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Francis S. Blake, Gen. Counsel, Bruce M. Diamond, Regional Counsel, Terrell Hunt, Associate Enforcement Counsel, Alan H. Carpien, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., on brief), for amicus curiae U.S.
Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y., Lawrence A. Rappoport, Associate Atty., Albany, N.Y., Nancy Stearns, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, John K. Van de Kamp, Atty. Gen., Sacramento, Cal., of State of Cal., Theodora Berger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., Timothy R. Patterson, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Diego, Cal., Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen. of the State of Ala., R. Craig Kneisel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., Joseph I. Lieberman, Atty. Gen. of the State of Conn., Kenneth Tedford, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn., on brief, for amici curiae State of N.Y., et al.
Ann Powers, Vice President and Gen. Counsel, Catherine A. Cotter, Washington, D.C., on brief, for amicus curiae Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc.
Jacqueline M. Warren, Donald S. Strait, New York City, Lawanda Still, Legal Asst., on brief, for amicus curiae Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
William L. Kovacs, Washington, D.C., Henry W. Killeen, III, Donald S. Stefanski, Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, Buffalo, N.Y., Joseph F. Cleary, Asst. Secretary and Gen. Atty., Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., Albany, N.Y., on brief, for amicus curiae Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
J. Thomas Wolfe, Lynne H. Church, on brief, for amicus curiae Baltimore Gas and Elec. Co.
Toni K. Allen, Mary F. Edgar, Piper & Marbury, Washington, D.C., on brief, for amici curiae Edison Elec. Institute, et al.
Before PHILLIPS, SPROUSE and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:
The Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) appeals from the district court's summary judgment in favor of Steven Sachs, Attorney General of the State of Maryland (Maryland), in PEPCO's declaratory judgment action, 639 F.Supp. 856. PEPCO sought a judgment holding that the federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)1 preempts Maryland...
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