Michigan Coalition of Radioactive Material Users, Inc. v. Griepentrog

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Three state officials from Nevada, Washington, and South Carolina appeal the district court’s permanent injunction that required those states to accept low-level radioactive waste generated in Michigan. 769 F.Supp. 999. An opinion addressing the issue of the stay in this case was issued on September 24, 1991 and is reported at 945 F.2d 150 (6th Cir.1991).

The named defendants, Jerry Griepen-trog of Nevada, Christine Gregoire of Washington, and John Pate of South Carolina, argue that under the three-part standard for in personam jurisdiction we announced in…