IN RE TMI LITIGATION CASES CONSOL. II

Nos. 90-5312 to 90-5318, 90-5562 and 90-5671 to 90-5673.

940 F.2d 832 (1991)

In re TMI LITIGATION CASES CONSOLIDATED II. BRANNON, James T., et al., v. BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY, INC., et al., General Public Utilities Corporation, Metropolitan Edison Company, New Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, Babcock & Wilcox Company, McDermott Incorporated, U.E. & C.-Catalytic, and Burns & Roe Enterprises, Inc., Dresser Industries, Appellants in Nos. 90-5312 and 90-5672. Andrea LEWINTER, Personal Representative of the Estate of Mark Lewinter; v. GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP.; Metropolitan Edison Company; Jersey Central Power & Light Co.; Pennsylvania Electric Company; Babcock & Wilcox Company; J. Ray McDermott & Company; Catalytic, Inc.; and Burns & Roe, Inc., General Public Utilities Corporation, Metropolitan Edison Company, New Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, Babcock & Wilcox Company, McDermott Incorporated, Burns & Roe Enterprises, Inc., and U.E. & C.-Catalytic, Appellants in No. 90-5313. Perri C. KIICK; and Edward Kiick, husband and wife v. METROPOLITAN EDISON CO.; General Public Utilities Corp.; and Babcock and Wilcox Company, General Public Utilities Corp., Metropolitan Edison Company, and Babcock & Wilcox Company, Appellants in No. 90-5314. John W. GUMBY, Sr. v. GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP.; Metropolitan Edison Company; Jersey Central Power & Light Co.; Pennsylvania Electric Company; Babcock & Wilcox Company; J. Ray McDermott & Company; Catalytic, Inc.; Burns & Roe Enterprises, Inc., General Public Utilities Corporation, Metropolitan Edison Company, New Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, Babcock & Wilcox Company, McDermott Incorporated, Burns & Roe Enterprises, Inc., and U.E. & C.-Catalytic, Appellants in No. 90-5315. Harry MONTVILLE; Virginia Montville, in their own right and as parents and natural guardians of plaintiff; Daniel Allen Montville v. GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP.; Metropolitan Edison Company; Jersey Central Power & Light Co.; Pennsylvania Electric Company; Babcock & Wilcox Company; J. Ray McDermott & Company; Catalytic, Inc.; Burns & Roe Enterprises, Inc., General Public Utilities Corporation, Metropolitan Edison Company, New Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, Babcock & Wilcox Company, McDermott Incorporated, Burns & Roe Enterprises, Inc., and U.E. & C.-Catalytic, Appellants in No. 90-5316. John B. ROCHE, III; Nancy Elaine Roche; Erin Kathleen Miller; Timothy Miller; Cathy Daugherty; Kim Daugherty; Rachel L. Stauffer; Ned E. Grove, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Sylvia K. Grove, deceased; Robert L. Cassell, Sr.; Patricia A. Cassell; Paul D. Walterick; Linda D. Walterick, individually and on behalf of their minor child, Paul D. Walterick, Jr.; Paul M. Walterick; Helen G. Walterick; Jennifer M. Walterick v. GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP.; U.E. & C. Catalytic Corporation; Metropolitan Edison Company; Jersey Central Power & Light Co.; Pennsylvania Electric Company; Babcock & Wilcox Company; J. Ray McDermott & Company; Burns & Roe, Inc., General Public Utilities Corporation, Metropolitan Edison Company, New Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, Babcock & Wilcox Company, McDermott Incorporated, Burns & Roe Enterprises, Inc., and U.E. & C.-Catalytic, Appellants in No. 90-5317. Margaret KRAFFT v. GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP.; Metropolitan Edison Company; Jersey Central Power & Light Co.; Pennsylvania Electric Company; Babcock & Wilcox Co.; J. Ray McDermott & Company; Catalytic, Inc.; Burns & Roe Enterprises, Inc., General Public Utilities Corporation, Metropolitan Edison Company, New Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, Babcock & Wilcox Company, McDermott Incorporated, Burns & Roe Enterprises, Inc., and U.E. & C.-Catalytic, Appellants in No. 90-5318. In re TMI LITIGATION CASES CONSOLIDATED II. BRANNON, James T., et al., v. BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY, INC., et al., General Public Utilities Corp., Metropolitan Edison Company, New Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, Babcock & Wilcox Company, McDermott Incorporated, U.E. & C.-Catalytic, and Burns & Roe Enterprises, Inc., Dresser Industries, Appellants in Nos. 90-5562. In re TMI LITIGATION CASES CONSOLIDATED II. BRANNON, James T., et al., v. BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY, INC., et al., United States of America, Defendant-Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. O'Donnell, Zarwin & Baum, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees, Estate Arthur Tilly, Gertrude Tilly, Vincent Denoncour, Nora Denoncour.

Joseph D. Shein, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee, Perri C. Kiick.

Louis M. Tarasi, Jr., Tarasi & Johnson, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees, Group A. See Docket Entry in No. 90-5312 for List of Parties.

Arnold Levin (argued), Fred S. Longer, Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, Pa., Lee C. Swartz, Sandra L. Meilton, Hepford, Swartz, Menaker & Morgan, Harrisburg, Pa., for appellees, Group B. See Docket Entry in No. 90-5312 for List of Parties.

James R. Adams, Barley, Snyder, Cooper & Barber, Lancaster, Pa., for appellees, Family Style Restaurant, Skiadas Bros., Thomas E. Strauss, Inc., Gettysburg Tours, Inc., Heritage Inns, Inc., Le Smith Wholesale, Lincoln Heritage Inc., Overview Ltd., SMG Investments.

Peter J. Neeson, LaBrum & Doak, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees, Joan A. Kichman, Charles C. Kichman, Matthew C. Kichman, Kandice M. Kichman.

William E. Chillas, Joseph F. Roda, Lancaster, Pa., for appellees, Earl Realty, Inc., Amish Homestead, Inc., One Room Schoolhouse, Homestead Gift Shop, Two Twenty-Two Corp., James Cosgrove, Glass Kitchens, Cherry Lane Mtr. Inn, Richard M. Rutt, Noah N. Martin Co., Cont. Inns of America, Pentidatillo Corp.

John G. Harkins, Jr. (argued), A.H. Wilcox, Ellen Kittredge Scott, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheets, Philadelphia, Pa. (Paul J. Mishkin, Berkeley, Cal., of counsel), for appellants, General Public Utilities Corp., Metropolitan Edison Co., Jersey Central Power & Light Co., Pennsylvania Elec. Co., Babcock & Wilcox Co., McDermott Inc., UE & C-Catalytic, Inc., Burns & Roe Enterprises Inc., Dresser Industries, Inc.

Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., James J. West, U.S. Atty., William Kanter, Peter R. Maier (argued), Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellant, U.S.

Before MANSMANN, SCIRICA and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.

In this matter growing out of the 1979 incident at the Three Mile Island nuclear facility near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, we are asked once again to resolve a confrontation between an assertion of federal jurisdiction over public liability actions by defendants and a challenge to that jurisdiction by plaintiffs who wish to be in the state court system. We previously visited a similar issue in Kiick v. Metropolitan...

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