Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago v. The State of Washington, the Don't Bankrupt Washington Committee, Intervenor/appellant. United States of America v. The State of Washington, the Don't Bankrupt Washington Committee, Intervenor/appellant

696 F.2d 692 51 P.U.R.4th 463 CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CHICAGO, et al., Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. The STATE OF WASHINGTON et al., Defendants/Appellants, The Don't Bankrupt Washington Committee, Intervenor/Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. The STATE OF WASHINGTON, et al., Defendants/Appellants, The Don't Bankrupt Washington Committee, Intervenor/Appellant. No. CA 82-3404. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 10, 1982. Decided Jan. 11, 1983. Jeffrey D. Goltz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., for defendants-appellants. William R. Squires, III, Davies, Wright, Todd, Riese & Jones, Seattle, Wash., argued, Franklin P. Auwarter, Mayer, Brown, Platt, Chicago, Ill., Richard K. Willard, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before WRIGHT, ANDERSON and CANBY, Circuit Judges. CANBY, Circuit Judge: 1 This case involves a challenge to the constitutionality of the Washington State Energy Financing Voter Approval Act, 1981 Wash.Laws (2d Ex.Sess.) ch. 6 ("Initiative 394"), as applied to three nuclear power plants…