BONNEVILLE POWER v. WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY

Nos. 91-35011, 91-35013, 91-35028, 91-35029, 91-35031, 91-35032, 91-35034, 91-35036, 91-35038 to 91-35044, and 91-35401.

956 F.2d 1497 (1992)

BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, Defendant, v. CHEMICAL BANK, Plaintiff-intervenor-Appellee. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff, and Chemical Bank, Plaintiff-intervenor-Appellee, v. WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, Defendant, and Portland General Electric Company; Puget Sound Power and Light Company; Pacificorp, d/b/a Pacific Power & Light Company; Washington Water Power Company ("WWP"), Defendants-Appellants. (Two Cases) BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff, and Chemical Bank, Plaintiff-intervenor-Appellee, v. WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, Defendant, and Snohomish County Public Utilities District No. 1, Defendant-Appellant. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff, and Chemical Bank, Plaintiff-intervenor-Appellee, v. WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, Defendant, and Washington Public Utilities Group, City of Tacoma, Mason County PUD # 3, Benton County PUD, Pacific County PUD # 2, Grays Harbor PUD, Lewis County PUD # 1, Mason County PUD # 1, Okanogan County PUD, City of Ellensburg, Skamania County PUD, Wahkiakum County PUD, Defendants-Appellants. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff, and Chemical Bank, Plaintiff-intervenor-Appellee, v. WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, Defendant, and City of Richland; Chelan County Public Utility District No. 1; Douglas County Public Utility District; Grant County Public Utility District No. 2; Clallam County Public Utility District # 1, Defendants-Appellants. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff, and Chemical Bank, Plaintiff-intervenor-Appellee, v. WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, Defendant, and Clark County Public Utility District No. 1, Defendant-Appellant. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff, and Chemical Bank, Plaintiff-intervenor-Appellee, v. WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, Defendant, and Ferry County PUD No. 1; Kittitas County PUD No. 1, Defendants-Appellants. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff, and Chemical Bank, Plaintiff-intervenor-Appellee, v. WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, Defendant, and Benton Rural Electric Association, Defendant-Appellant. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff, and Chemical Bank, Plaintiff-intervenor-Appellee, v. WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, Defendant, and Small Utilities Group, Defendant-Appellant. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff, and Chemical Bank, Plaintiff-intervenor-Appellee, v. WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, Defendant, and Inland Utilities, Defendants-Appellants. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff, and Chemical Bank, Plaintiff-intervenor-Appellee, v. WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, Defendant, and City of Seattle, Defendant-Appellant. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff, and Chemical Bank, Plaintiff-intervenor-Appellee, v. WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, Defendant, and Columbia Defendants, Defendants-Appellants. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff, and Chemical Bank, Plaintiff-intervenor-Appellee, v. WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, Defendant, and Inland Power & Light Co., Defendant-Appellant. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff, and Chemical Bank, Plaintiff-intervenor-Appellee, v. WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, Defendant, and Clatskanie Peoples Utility District; Northern Wasco Peoples Utility District; Tillamook Peoples Utility District; Eugene Water & Electric Board; City of McMinnville, Oregon; City of Forest Grove, Oregon; Springfield Utility Board; Central Lincoln Peoples Utility District, Defendants-Appellants. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff, and Chemical Bank, Plaintiff-intervenor-Appellee, v. WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 25, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. Murdock, James L. Stengel, Andrew M. Calamari, Deborah A. Barnhart, Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York City, Robert D. Stewart, Culp, Guterson & Grader, Seattle, Wash., for appellants Washington Public Power Supply System, Ferry County PUD No. 1, and Kittitas County PUD No. 1, Barbara C. Biddle, Mark B. Stern, Civil Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellant Bonneville Power Admin., Barbee B. Lyon, William F. Martson, Jr., Tonkon, Torp, Galen, Marmaduke, & Booth, Portland, Or., for appellant Portland General Elec. Co., Stephen Walters, Alan R. Merkle, Stoel, Rives, Boley, Jones & Grey, Portland, Or., for appellant Pacific Power and Light Co., David E. Wagoner, Steven C. Marshall, Joseph E. Bringman, Perkins Coie, Seattle, Wash., for appellant Puget Sound Power and Light Co., Gary A. Dahlke, John C. Riseborough, Robert E. Neate, Paine, Hamblen, Coffin, Brooke & Miller, Spokane, Wash., for appellant Washington Water Power Co., Paul M. Murphy, Paul R. Gary, Jane A. Shapira, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Portland, Or., David C. Hutchison, Blair, Schaeffer, Hutchison, Vancouver, Wash., for appellant PUD No. 1 of Clark County, Washington, Albert R. Malanca, Kenneth G. Kieffer, Donald S. Cohen, Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim, Tacoma, Wash., for appellant Washington Public Utilities Group, David F. Jurca, Andrew J. Kinstler, Joan L. Roth McCabe, Helsell, Fetterman, Martin, Todd & Hokanson, Seattle, Wash., for appellants Columbia Defendants, Steven J. Palmer, Flynn, Merriman & Palmer, Kennewick, Wash., for appellant Franklin County PUD, Peter R. Mersereau, Rankin, Mersereau & Shannon, Portland, Or., for appellants Springfield Utility Bd., City of McMinnville, City of Forest Grove, and City of Milton-Freewater, Bart G. Irwin, Platt, Irwin, Colley, Oliver & Wood, Port Angeles, Wash., for appellant Clallam County PUD No. 1, Rockne Gill, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Portland, Or., for appellants Clatskanie PUD, Northern Wasco PUD, Tillamook PUD, and Eugene Water and Elec. Bd., Ralph K. Nickerson, Goldendale, Wash., for appellant Klickitat PUD No. 1, Gregory E. Keller, Hillis, Clark, Martin & Peterson, Seattle, Wash., for appellants Inland Utilities, Bennet A. McConaughy, Foster, Pepper & Shefelman, Seattle, Wash., for appellants City of Richland, Douglas County PUD, Grant County PUD No. 2, and Chelan County PUD No. 1, Dwight A. Halstead, Halstead & Myers, Prosser, Wash., for appellant Benton Rural Elec. Ass'n, Stephen Drummond, Richter-Wimberley, Spokane, Wash., for appellant Inland Power and Light Co., John D. Lowery, Riddell, Williams, Bullitt & Walkinshaw, Seattle, Wash., for appellants the Small Utilities.

Robert F. Mullen, Robert H. Baron, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, New York; Carl H. Hagens, James P. Solimano, Betts, Patterson & Mines, Seattle, Wash., James C. Hansen, Olwine, Connelly, Chase, O'Donnell & Weyher, Robert B. Silver, Duke & Barrett, New York City, for appellee Chemical Bank.

Before POOLE, REINHARDT and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.


FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Bonneville Power Administration ("BPA"), Washington Public Power Supply System ("Supply System"), Portland General Electric Company, Puget Sound Power and Light Company, Pacific Power and Light Company, Washington Water Power Company, Snohomish County Public Utilities District No. 1, Washington Public Utilities Group, City of Richland, Chelan County Public Utility District No. 1, Douglas County Public Utility District, Grant County...

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