UNITED STATES of America,
v.
UNION GAS COMPANY
v.
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA and the Borough of Stroudsburg.
Appeal of UNION GAS COMPANY.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 7, 1986.
Reargued June 22, 1987.
Decided November 3, 1987.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert A. Swift (argued), David H. Marion, Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf, Philadelphia, Pa., Lawrence A. Demase, Rose, Schmidt, Chapman, Duff & Hasley, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.
Leroy S. Zimmerman, Atty. Gen., Andrew S. Gordon (argued), Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., for appellee.
Elaine Gail Suchman (argued), Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., State of N.Y., Dept. of Law, Environmental Protection, New York City, John K. Van de Kamp, Atty. Gen., State of Cal., Clifford L. Rechtschaffen, Asst. Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., Joseph I. Lieberman, Atty. Gen., State of Conn., Kenneth N. Tedford, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn., Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., State of Ind., Jack Watson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, Ind., Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., State of Iowa, John P. Sarcone, Asst. Atty. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, David L. Armstrong, Atty. Gen., State of Ky., Dennis J. Conniff, Atty. Chief, Frankfort, Ky., J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., State of Md., Richard M. Hall, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore, Md., William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., State of Mo., Shelley A. Woods, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., W. Cary Edwards, Atty. Gen., State of N.J., John J. Maiorana, Deputy Atty. Gen., Trenton, N.J., Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen., State of N.C., Raleigh, N.C., Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr., Atty. Gen., State of Ohio, Paul D. Hancock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbus, Ohio, Robert H. Henry, Atty. Gen., State of Okl., Sara J. Drake, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, Okl., David L. Wilkinson, Atty. Gen., State of Utah, Fred G. Nelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, Utah, for amici curiae.
Before WEIS, HIGGINBOTHAM, BECKER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Reargued Following Remand From The Supreme Court June 22, 1987.
OPINION ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is before us for a second time, following remand by the Supreme Court. It presents the same ultimate question that we addressed earlier: does the eleventh amendment bar defendant-third party plaintiff Union Gas Company from suing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in...
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