Tennessee Valley Authority v. Exxon Nuclear Company, Inc., and Exxon Corporation

GILMORE, District Judge.

This is an appeal by Exxon Nuclear Company, Inc. (Exxon Nuclear) and its parent company Exxon Corporation (Exxon) from an opinion and order of the district court granting a summary judgment in favor of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), reversing a decision of the TVA Board of Contract Appeals (TVA Board). 1 For the reasons set forth in this opinion, the district court is affirmed.

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The facts in this dispute are accurately set forth by the district court in TVA v. Exxon Nuclear, Inc., 570 F.Supp. 462 (E.D. Tenn.1983), and we adopt them. The action involves a dispute…