Legal Opinion

Allied-General Nuclear Services v. Commonwealth Edison Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided April 9, 1982No. 80-1723PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALBERT V. BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff partnership Allied-General Nuclear Services (Allied) appeals the dismissal of its declaratory judgment action by the District Court for the District of South Carolina. The error assigned is the Court’s ruling that failure to name all constituent partners individually was a fatal jurisdictional infirmity. Challenged also is the Court’s exercise of discretion in declining the declaration. We affirm.

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Allied contracted in 1974 with defendant Commonwealth Edison Co. (Edison), an Illinois corporation, to reprocess Edison’s spent *611nuclear fuel and to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. RisjordSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. QuarlesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1937
  3. Lambert Run Coal Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  4. Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corp. v. United States Industrial Chemicals, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1944
  5. Marvil Properties v. Fripp Island Development Corp.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1979

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. TaylorDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1988
  2. City Federal Savings Bank v. Dominion Federal Savings & Loan Ass'nDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1987
  3. Douglas Battery Manufacturing Co. v. Taylor Auto Supply, Inc.District Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1982
  4. Allied-General Nuclear Services v. Commonwealth Edison CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1982

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