State of Alabama and Alabama Air Pollution Controlcommission Ex Rel. William J. Baxley, Attorneygeneral, Plaintiffs-appellants. v. Lynn Seeber, General Manager of Tennessee Valley Authority,et al., Defendants-appellees, 538 F.2d 96 (5th Cir. 1976)

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US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - 538 F.2d 96 (5th Cir. 1976) Sept. 3, 1976

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., Myron H. Thompson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Henry H. Caddell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief Environmental Protection Dir., Frederick S. Middleton, III, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Philip K. Maxwell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., amicus curiae for State of Tex.

David C. Short, David D. Beals, Asst. Attys. Gen., Frankfort, Ky., amicus curiae for Com. of Ky.

Jan E. Chatten, Deputy Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., amicus curiae for State of Cal.

Wayman G. Sherrer, U. S. Atty., Charles Stewart, Wm. D. Mallard, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Birmingham, Ala., Kent Frizzell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Martin Green, Chief, Pollution Control Sec., James R. Walpole, Atty., Land & Nat'l Resources Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington D. C., Robert H. Marquis, Gen. Counsel, Tenn. Valley Auth., Herbert S. Sanger, Jr., Assoc. Gen. Counsel, Beauchamp E. Brogan, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Justin M. Schwamm, Atty., Knoxville, Tenn., Wallace H. Johnson, Jacques B. Gelin, Larry G. Gutterridge, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, SIMPSON and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:


Following grant of certiorari, --- U.S. ----, 96 S. Ct. 2643, 49 L. Ed. 2d 384, the judgment of the District Court, which was reversed by the Court of Appeals, 502 F.2d 1238, is AFFIRMED, in light of Hancock v. Train, 426 U.S. ----, 96 S. Ct. 2006, 48 L. Ed. 2d 555 (1976).

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