United States Ninth Circuit

In a petition for review of Respondent power administration's decision to execute an amended contract with an aluminum company, agreeing to make a payment to the aluminum company so it could purchase power from one of Respondent's competitors, the petition is granted, where the transaction was not consistent with sound business principles.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/07/2009
• Decided 08/28/2009
• Published 08/28/2009

Judges

• BERZON, Circuit Judge:, Before: RAYMOND C. FISHER and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges, and BARRY TED MOSKOWITZ, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Erick Johnson, Lake Oswego, OR, for petitioner Pacific Northwest Generating Cooperative., Mark R. Thompson, Portland, OR, for petitioner Public Power Council., Melinda J. Davison, Irion Sanger, Davison Van Cleve, P.C., Portland, OR, for petitioner Industrial Customers of Northwest Utilities., Michael J. Uda, Doney Crowley Bloomquist Payne Uda P.C., Helena, MT, for intervenor Columbia Falls Aluminum Company., Michael C. Dotten, Lake Oswego, OR, for intervenor Alcoa Inc., Jay T. Waldron, William J. Ohle, Sara Kobak, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt P.C., Portland, OR, for intervenors PacifiCorp et al.


• For Appellees:
  
• Karin J. Immergut, United States Attorney; Stephen J. Odell, Assistant United States Attorney; David J. Adler, J. Courtney Olive, Special Assistant United States Attorneys; Randy A. Roach, General Counsel; Timothy A. Johnson, Assistant General Counsel, Portland, OR, for respondent Bonneville Power Administration.