Consolidation Coal Company v. 3M Company, et al

Filing 1200

JUDGMENT - IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED in accordance with the court's orders entered February 1, 2013 and April 30, 2013, for the reasons set forth more specifically therein, that defendant Georgia Power Company's Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED, plaintiffs' cross-motions for summary judgment are DENIED, and the Motion for Entry of Judgment under Rule 54(b) as to Georgia Power Company filed by claimants Consolidation Coal Company and PCS Phosphate Company, Inc. is GRANTED. All claims against defendant Georgia Power Company in the current litigation have been disposed. Signed by Julie A. Richards, Clerk of Court on 05/01/2013. (Baker, C.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN DIVISION
CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANY,
Plaintiff,
v.
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY;
AMERICAN ELECTRIC
CORPORATION; TOWN OF
BLACKSTONE, VIRGINIA; BONNER
ELECTRIC, INC.; CHEVRON MINING,
INC., as successor-in-interest to Pittsburg
& Midway Coal Mining Co.; OWEN
ELECTRIC STEEL COMPANY OF
SOUTH CAROLINA, and/or SMI-OWEN
STEEL COMPANY, INC. and/or SMI
STEEL, doing business as CMC Steel
South Carolina and/or Commercial Metals
Company; COHEN AND GREEN
SALVAGE COMPANY, INC.; COOPER
INDUSTRIES, INC., as successor-ininterest for Abex Friction Products
Division of Abex, Inc; COTTER
ELECTRIC COMPANY; CITY OF
DOVER, DELAWARE; ENDICOTT
CLAY PRODUCTS COMPANY;
HAGERSTOWN LIGHT
DEPARTMENT; HUNTSVILLE
UTILITIES; JET ELECTRIC MOTOR
CO., INC.; LAFARGE MID-ATLANTIC,
LLC , and/or LAFARGE MIDATLANTIC, INC., as successor-in-interest
to or Redland Genstar, Inc. and Genstar
Stone Product, Inc.; LEWIS ELECTRIC
SUPPLY CO., INC.; CITY OF
MASCOUTAH, ILLINOIS; M-P
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INC.;
NEW SOUTHERN OF ROCKY MOUNT,
INC.;

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JUDGMENT
No. 5:08-CV-463-FL

NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER
SERVICES; P.C. CAMPANA, INC.;
PHOENIX SOLUTIONS COMPANY, as
successor in interest to Plasma Energy
Company; SURRY-YADKIN ELECTRIC
MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION;
TENNESSEE ASSOCIATED ELECTRIC,
INC. OR TENNESSEE ASSOCIATED
ELECTRIC, also known as Tennessee
Associated Electric Holdings, Inc.;
VENTECH ENGINEERS, INC., and/or
VENTECH PROCESS EQUIPMENT,
INC. and/or VENTECH EQUIPMENT
INC. and/or THE VENTECH
COMPANIES; VEOLIA
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
WASTE-TO-ENERGY f/k/a
MONTENAY POWER CORPORATION;
W.R. SCHFIELD CONSTRUCTION CO.;
WHEELABRATOR TECHNOLOGIES,
INC; KELLY GENERATOR &
EQUIPMENT, INC. and/or KELLY
ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION, INC.
f/k/a KELLY & BISHOP ELECTRICAL
CONSTRUCTION, INC. and/or JOHN E.
KELLY & SONS ELECTRICAL
CONSTRUCTION INC.; OWEN
ELECTRIC STEEL COMPANY OF
SOUTH CAROLINA; 3M COMPANY;
ALCAN PRIMARY PRODUCTS
CORPORATION; ALCOA, INC.;
AMERICAN SKIING COMPANY;
APOGEE COAL COMPANY, LLC;
APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY;
ARKEMA, INC.; ATLANTIC CITY
ELECTRIC COMPANY; BALTIMORE
GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY; BASF
CORPORATION; BAYER CROP
SCIENCE, INC.; BEDFORD RURAL
ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.;
BLUE RIDGE ELECTRIC
COOPERATIVE, INC.; BROAD RIVER

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ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.;
BRUCE-MERRILEES ELECTRIC
COMPANY; BUIST ELECTRIC, INC.;
CAPE HATTERAS ELECTRIC
MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION;
CARGILL INCORPORATED;
CARLISLE SYNTEC INCORPORATED;
CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO.,
INC. d/b/a PROGRESS ENERGY
CAROLINAS, INC.; CARR & DUFF,
INC.; CATERPILLAR, INC.; CBS
CORPORATION; CELANESE
CORPORATION; CENTRAL
REGIONAL HOSPITAL; CHEMICAL
PRODUCTS CORPORATION; CHERRY
HOSPITAL; CHRISTUS HEALTH
NORTHERN LOUISIANA; THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY;
CLEVELAND ELECTRIC COMPANY;
COGENTRIX ENERGY, LLC;
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY;
CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY;
COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY;
CSX RESIDUAL COMPANY; DANNY
CORP.; DEAN’S LIGHT BOX, INC.;
DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT
COMPANY; DIXON LUMBER
COMPANY, INCORPORATED;
DOMTAR PAPER COMPANY, LLC;
DOREY ELECTRIC COMPANY; DUKE
ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC;
DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY; EAST
KENTUCKY POWER COOPERATIVE,
INC.; ELECTRIC CONTROL
EQUIPMENT COMPANY; ELECTRIC
EQUIPMENT CORPORATION OF
VIRGINIA; ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION SERVICES, INC.;
ERACHEM COMILOG, INC.; FLORIDA
POWER & LIGHT COMPANY;
FOREMOST ELECTRIC &
TRANSMISSION, INC.; FRONTIER
COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION;
FURMAN UNIVERSITY; G&S MOTOR
EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC.;

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GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
GENERAL EXTRUSIONS
INCORPORATED; GEORGIA POWER
COMPANY; GKN DRIVELINE NORTH
AMERICAN, INC.; GLADIEUX
TRADING & MARKETING COMPANY,
L.P.; GLENWOOD REGIONAL
MEDICAL CENTER; GREEN CIRCLE
GROWERS, INC.; GREENWOOD
MILLS, INC.; GUERNSEYMISKINGUM ELECTRIC
COOPERATIVE, INC.; HAINES &
KIBBLEHOUSE, INC.; HOLLADAY
PROPERTY SERVICES MIDWEST,
INC.; HUDSON LIGHT AND POWER
DEPARTMENT; IMERYS
CARBONATES, LLC; INTEGRATED
ELECTRICAL SERVICES, INC.;
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY;
INTERNATIONAL POWER
MACHINERY COMPANY; INTERTAPE
POLYMER GROUP, INC.; JESSOP
STEEL COMPANY n/k/a JESSOP
STEEL, LLC; KINGSPORT POWER
COMPANY; KOBE COPPER
PRODUCTS, INC.; KOCH INDUSTRIES,
INC.; KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL, INC.;
THE CITY OF LAKELAND, FLORIDA;
LOCKWOOD’S ELECTRIC MOTOR
SERVICE; TOWN OF LOUISBURG,
NORTH CAROLINA; LWB
REFRACTORIES COMPANY; MARTIN
MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC.;
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY;
MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY;
NIAGRA MOHAWK POWER
CORPORATION d/b/a NATIONAL
GRID; NL INDUSTRIES, INC.;
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY
COMPANY; NORTH CAROLINA
STATE UNIVERSITY, is a constituent of
the University of North Carolina; NORTH
GEORGIA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP
CORPORATION;

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NUCOR CORPORATION; O’BERRY
NEURO-MEDICAL CENTER;
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL
CORPORATION; PCS PHOSPHATE,
INC.; PACTIV CORPORATION;
PALMETTO ELECTRIC
COOPERATIVE, INC.; PEACE
COLLEGE OF RALEIGH, INC.;
PHARMACIA CORPORATION;
POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER
COMPANY; PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES
CORPORATION; ROYAL STREET
JUNK COMPANY, INC.; SANTEE
ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.;
SARA LEE CORPORATION d/b/a
HILLSHIRE FARMS; SONOCO
PRODUCTS COMPANY; SOUTH
CENTRAL POWER COMPANY;
SOUTHLAND ELECTRICAL SUPPLY,
INC.; ST. JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER,
INC.; SUMTER ELECTRIC
COOPERATIVE, INC. d/b/a SECO
ENERGY; T AND R ELECTRIC
SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.;
TENNESSEE ELECTRO-MINERALS
INC.; TENNESSEE VALLEY
AUTHORITY; TRAP ROCK
INDUSTRIES, INC.; TREDEGAR FILM
PRODUCTS CORPORATION; TRISTATE ARMATURE & ELECTRICAL
WORKS, INC.; UNIMIN
CORPORATION; UNION CARBIDE
CORPORATION; UNITED STATES
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY;
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
THE AIR FORCE; UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY;
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
THE NAVY; UNITED TECHNOLOGIES
CORPORATION, PRATT & WHITNEY
DIVISION; UNIVERSITY OF NORTH
CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, a
constituent institution of the University of
North Carolina; VIRGINIA ELECTRIC
AND POWER COMPANY;

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VULCAN CONSTRUCTION
MATERIALS, L.P.; WARREN
ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.;
WARTBURG COLLEGE;
WASHINGTON SUBURBAN
SANITARY COMMISSION;
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY; WEST
PENN POWER COMPANY; POWER
MACHINERY COMPANY; VEOLIA
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
WASTE-TO-ENERGY f/k/a
MONTENAY POWER CORPORATION;
SALES TRANSACTION DEFENDANTS
LIAISON; VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY
IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA;
and, HUNTINGTON INGALLS
INCORPORATED,
Defendants.

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Decision by Court.
This action came before the Honorable Louise W. Flanagan, United States District Judge, for
consideration of defendant Georgia Power Company’s Motion for Summary Judgment, plaintiffs’
Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment, and the Motion for Entry of Judgment under Rule 54(b) as
to Georgia Power Company filed by defendants Consolidation Coal Company and PCS Phosphate
Company, Inc.
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED in accordance with the court’s orders entered
February 1, 2013 and April 30, 2013, for the reasons set forth more specifically therein, that
defendant Georgia Power Company’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED, plaintiffs’
cross-motions for summary judgment are DENIED, and the Motion for Entry of Judgment under
Rule 54(b) as to Georgia Power Company filed by claimants Consolidation Coal Company and PCS
Phosphate Company, Inc. is GRANTED. All claims against defendant Georgia Power Company in
the current litigation have been disposed.
This Judgment Filed and Entered on May 1, 2013, and Copies To:
All Counsel of Record (via CM/ECF electronic notification)
May 1, 2013

JULIE A. RICHARDS, CLERK
/s/ Christa N. Baker
(By) Christa N. Baker, Deputy Clerk