ML19326A701

Opposition to 760127 Application by Squire,Sanders & Dempsey to Issue Subpoena to Hj Holton,Motion to Limit Hearing to Oral Argument & Alternative Application for Subpoena Duces Tecum.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML19326A701
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Site:	Davis Besse, Perry
Issue date:	01/30/1976
From:	Jennifer Davis, Goldberg R, Hart R, Hjelmfelt D CLEVELAND, OH, GOLDBERG, FIELDMAN & HJELMFELT
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board In the Matter of '

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The Toledo Edison Company and ) Docket Nos. 50-346A The Cleveland Electric Illuminating ) 50-500A Company ) 50-501A (Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station )

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The Cleveland Electric Illuminating ) Docket Nos. 50-440A Company, et al. ) 50-441A (Perry Nuclear Power Plant )

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OPPOSITION OF CITY OF CLEVELAND TO i

APPLICATION FOR SUBPOENA, MOTION TO LIMIT HEARING, AND IN THE ALTERNATIVE APPLICATION FOR SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM By its Order of January 23, 19761 the Special Board appointed to i

consider the suspension of the law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey established a date for hearing oral argument regarding suspension and stated that the procedure to be followed "will be the same as that followed l'

l for the oral argument on December 31, 1975. " On January 27, 1976, 2/

counsel for Squire, Sanders & Dempsey served by mail- an application for subpoena for.Mr. Howard J. Holton and a letter to Chairman Bowers stating that Squire, Sanders & Dempsey would offer the testimony of l

l 1/ Docketed January 26, 1976.

,2f Received by Washington counsel for the City of Cleveland, Ohio on January 29, 1976.

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. Messrs. Lansdale, Brueckel and Holton in these proceedings. City of Cleveland (Cleveland) opposes this attempt by Squire, Sanders & Dempsey to ignore this Board's Order of January 23, 1976.

Thi Board's Order clearly states that the procedure to be followed will be the same as that followed at the December 31, 1975 hearing. The De cember 31, 1975 hearing was limited solely to oral argument on Cleveland's motion to disqualify Squire, Sanders & Dempsey from repre-senting or aiding any party representing an Applicant in these proceedings.

The matter has been fully briefed and is ready for decision. Taking oral testimony can only result in delaying final resolution of Cleveland's motion.-

Accordingly, Cleveland urges this Board t'o limit the proceedings to oral argument, ,

Cleveland has had no opportunity to engage in discovery directly  ;

related to the issues now pending before this Board. Any attempt by Cleveland to obtain discovery has been met with claims of privilege and irrelevance. Only limited discovery was permitted which would relate to Cleveland's efforts to sell $9. 8 million of bonds for rehabilitation of the municipal light plant. Such evidence as Cleveland has developed has been obtained by chance in discovery obtained not from Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, l but from The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (CEI). If this pro-ceeding is to be opened at the last minute, for the taking of evidence, it is i

imperative that Cleveland have an opportunity to discover such documents l relevant to the issues herein which may exist. Squire, Sanders & Dempsey's 1

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eleventh hour announcement of its intention to present testimony has in effect denied Cleveland the opportunity to depose the prospective witnesses prior to their testifying. Such discovery is necessary if Cleveland is to be able to engage in meaningful cross-examination of the witnesses called

- by Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. Accordingly, Cleveland makes this alternative application of subpoenas duces tecum to:

Mr. Howard J. Holton 308 Virginia Avenue Alexandria, Virginia 22302 John Lansdale, Jr. , E sq.

Cox, Langford & Brown 21 Dupont Circle, N. W.

Washington, D. C. 20036 John B. Brueckel, E sq.

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey '

1800 Union Commerce Building Cleveland, Ohio 44115 Respectfully submitted, u/ h d/ -

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Reuben Goldb rg David C. Hjelmfelt Goldberg, Fieldman & Hjelmfelt 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.

Washington, D. C. 20006 Telephone (202) 659-2333 James B. Davis Director of Law Robert D. Hart First Assistant Director of Law City of Cleveland 213 City Hall Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Telephone (216) 694-2737 Attorneys for City of Cleveland, Ohio January 30, 1976 w

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE  ;

I hereby certify that service of the foregoing Opposition Of City Of Cleveland To Application For Subpoena, Motion To Limit Hearing, And In The Alternative Application For Subpoena Duces Tecum, along with Subpoenas Duces Tecum to Messrs. Howard J. Holton, John Lansdale, Jr.

and John B. Brueckel, has been made on the following parties listed on the attachment hereto this 3dth day of January,1976, by depositing copies thereof in the United States mail, first class or air mail, postage pre-paid, or by hand delivery.

David C. Hfelmfpit Attorney for City of Cleveland, Ohio Attachment i

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ATTACHMENT i l

i Douglas V. Rigler, Esq. , Chairman Ivan W. Smith, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Boa:-1 John M. Frysiak, Esq.

Foley, Lardner, Hollabaugh and Jacobs Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 815 Connecticut Avenue, N. W. U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20006 Washington, D. C. 20555 Alan S. Rosenthal, Chairman Richard S. Salzman, Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeals Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeals Board U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 Washington, D. C. 20555 Dr. John H. Buck - Michael C. Farrar Dr. Lawrence K. Quarles Dr. W. Reed Johnson Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeals Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeals Board U. S. _ Nuclear Regulatory Commission U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 Washington, D. C. 20555 Howard K. Shapar, Esq.

Executive Legal Director Jack R. Goldberg, Esq.

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Executive Legal Director Washington, D. C. 20555 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 Mr. Frank W. Karas, Chief Public Proceedings Branch Benjamin H. Vogler, Esq.

Office of the Secretary Joseph Rutberg, Esq.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Robert J. Verdisco, Esq.

Washington, D. C. 20555 Roy P. Lessy, Jr. , Esq.

Office of the General Counsel Abraham Braitman, Esq. Regulation Office of Antitrust and Indemnity U. S. Nuclear ReJulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 Washington, D. C. 20555 Melvin G. Berger, Esq.

Frank R. C1okey, Esq. Joseph J. Saunders, Esq.

Special Assistant Attorney General Steven M. Charno, Esq.

Towne House Apartments, Room 219 David A. Leckie, Esq.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105 Janet R. Urban, Esq.

Ruth Greenspan Bell, Esq.

Edward A. Matto, Esq.- Antitrust Division Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice Chief, Antitrust Section Post Office Box 7513 30 East Broad Street, 15th floor Washington, D. C. 20044 Columbus, Ohio 43215 Karen H. Adkins, Esq.

Christopher R. Schraff, Esq. Richard M. Firestone, Esq.

Assistant Attorney General Assistant Attorneys General Environmental Law Section Antitrust Section 361 East Broad Street, 8th floor 30 East Broad Street, 15th floor Columbus, Ohio 43215 Columbus, Ohio 43215 1

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Russell J. Spetrino, Esq. - Leslie Henry, Esq.

Thomas A. Kayuha, Esq. Michael M. Briley, Esq.

Ohio Edison Company Roger P. Klee, Esq.

47 North Main Street Fuller, Henry, Hodge & Snyder Akron, Ohio .44308 Post Office Box 2088 Toledo, Ohio 43604 John Lansdale, Jr. , Esq.

Cox, Langford & Brown James R. Edgerly, Esq.

21 Dupont Circle, N. W. Secretary and General Counsel Washington, D. C. 20036 Pennsylvania Power Company One East Washington Street Richard A. Miller, Esq. New Castle, Pennsylvania 16103 Vice President and General Counsel The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. Donald H. Hauser, Esq.

Post Office Box 5000 Victor A. Greenslade, Jr. , Esq.

Cleveland, Ohio 44101 The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.

Post Office Box 5000 Gerald Charnoff, Esq. Cleveland, Ohio 44101 Wm. Bradford Reynolds, Esq.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge Thomas J. Munsch, Jr. , Esq.

910 Seventeenth Street, N. W. General Attorney Washington, D. C. 20006 Duquesne Light Company 435 Sixth Avenue

• David McNeill Olds, Esq. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 William S. Lerach, Esq.

Reed, Smith, Shaw & Mc Clay Joseph A. Rieser, Esq.

Post Office Box 2009 Reed, Smith, Shaw & Mc Clay Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230 1155 Fifteenth Street, N. W.

Washington, D. C. 20005 Terrence H. Benbow, Esq.

Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts John C. Engle, President 40 Wall Street AMP-O, Inc.

New York, New York 10005 20 High Street Hamilton, Ohio 45012 Jon T. Brown, Esq.

Duncan, Brown, Weinberg & Palmer Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20006 Washington, D. C. 20555 Docketing and Service Section Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Office of the Secretary Board Panel U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 Washington, D. C. 20555 Elizabeth S. Bowers, E sq. Chairman Edward 'Luton, E sq. , Member Thomas W. Reilly, E sq. , Member-Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555

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