Legal Opinion
Beaver Valley Power Co. v. National Engineering & Contracting Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 31, 1989No. 88-3434PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
STAPLETON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents a modern version of an age-old problem: reconciling the mutually exclusive interests of riparian landowners. See generally Morton J. Horwitz, The Transformation of American Law 32-53 (1977). Pursuant to a contract with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), National Engineering & Contracting Co. (National), an Ohio corporation, built a bridge on the Beaver River, downstream from Beaver Valley Power Corp.’s (Beaver Valley) hydroelectric power station. After construction was completed, Beaver Valley, a…
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