ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE, LLC v. SHUMLIN

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen M. Sullivan , Faith E. Gay , Robert C. Juman , Sanford I. Weisburst , William B. Adams , Ellyde Roko , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Marcus V. Brown , Wendy Hickok Robinson , Entergy Services, Inc., New Orleans, LA; Timothy A. Ngau , Entergy Services, Inc., Jackson, MS; Robert B. Hemley , Matthew B. Byrne , Gravel and Shea PC, Burlington, VT, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC, and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

David C. Frederick , Scott H. Angstreich , William J. Rinner , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C.; William H. Sorrell , Attorney General for the State of Vermont, Scot L. Kline , Bridget C. Asay , Kyle H. Landis-Marinello, Assistant Attorneys General for the State of Vermont, Montpelier, VT, for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees Peter Shumlin, William H. Sorrell, James Volz, John Burke, and David Coen.

Martin S. Kaufman , Atlantic Legal Foundation, Larchmont, NY, for amici curiae William Anders, Jerome I. Friedman, Sheldon L. Glashow, Roy J. Glauber, Dudley R. Herschbach, Mujid S. Kazimi, Bahram Nassersharif, Neil E. Todreas, and Richard Wilson in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Patricia A. Millett , Ruthanne M. Deutsch James E. Tysse , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, DC; John B. Capehart , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Dallas, TX; Robin S. Conrad , Rachel Brand , National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Caroline S. Earle , Ellis Boxer & Blake, Montpelier, VT, for amicus curiae International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union 300 in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Peter D. Keisler , Quin M. Sorenson , Joshua J. Fougere , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC; Ellen C. Ginsberg , Nuclear Energy Institute, Inc., for amicus curiae Nuclear Energy Institute, Inc. in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Richard A. Samp , Cory L. Andrews , Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Washington Legal Foundation in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Sandra Levine , Conservation Law Foundation, Montpelier, VT; Jared Margolis , New England Coalition, Brattleboro, VT; Jamey Fidel , Paul Brierre , Vermont Natural Resources Council, Montpelier, VT; James Dumont , Vermont Public Interest Research Group, Montpelier, VT, for amici curiae Conservation Law Foundation, New England Coalition, Vermont Natural Resources Council, and Vermont Public Interest Research Group in support of Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Steven F. Huefner , The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law, for amicus curiae National Conference of State Legislatures in support of Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General of the State of New York, Barbara D. Underwood , Solicitor General, Monica Wagner , Deputy Bureau Chief, Environmental Protection Bureau, Denise A. Hartman and Andrew B. Ayers , Assistant Solicitors General of Counsel, Albany, NY, for amici curiae States of New York, Connecticut, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Utah in support of Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Before: CARNEY and DRONEY, Circuit Judges, and GARDEPHE, District Judge.