SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~May~~January 2321, ~~2000~~2001

TUSCARORA INCORPORATED
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Pennsylvania	000-17051	25-1119372
Pennsylvania (State of incorporation)	000-17051 (Commission File Number)	25-1119372 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
(State of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
800 Fifth Avenue, New Brighton, Pennsylvania (Address of Principal Executive Offices)		15066 (Zip Code)

800 Fifth Avenue, New Brighton, Pennsylvania		15066
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number Including Area Code (724)-843-8200

~~Item 5. Other Events.~~-1-

On May 22, 2000, the trial judge in John C. Bartram, Administrator of the Estate of Dwayne Scott Mount, Deceased v. Tuscarora Incorporated, et al. - (Case No. 96CV-0511 in the Court of Common Pleas for Marion County, Ohio) granted the Company’s Motion for Summary Judgment, thus adjudicating the lawsuit in favor of the Company. The lawsuit sought substantial compensatory and punitive damages as a result of the alleged wrongful death of an employee, and was described in full, most recently, in Item 3 ~~of the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 1999~~5. OnOTHER ~~May 23, 2000, the plaintiff filed an appeal with the Third District Court of Appeals, Marion County, Ohio~~EVENTS. The Company will vigorously contest the appeal. In the opinion of management, the final disposition of the lawsuit should not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

~~-2-~~ Reference is made to Exhibit 99.1 filed herewith.

~~SIGNATURE~~ Item 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

~~Pursuant~~Exhibit 99.1 toPress ~~the~~release, ~~requirements~~dated ofJanuary 22, 2001, ~~the~~announcing ~~Securities~~acquisition ~~Exchange Act~~ of ~~1934, the~~ registrant ~~has~~by ~~duly~~SCA ~~caused~~Packaging International ~~this~~B.V., ~~report~~a tocompany organized beunder ~~signed~~the onlaws ~~its~~of ~~behalf by~~ the ~~undersigned~~kingdom ~~hereunto~~of ~~duly~~the ~~authorized~~Netherlands.

		TUSCARORA INCORPORATED (Registrant)
		By /s/ Brian C. Mullins
Date: June 12, 2000		Brian C. Mullins, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

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~~-3-~~SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


		TUSCARORA INCORPORATED (Registrant)


		By /s/ Brian C. Mullins

Date: January 22, 2001		Brian C. Mullins, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

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TUSCARORA INCORPORATED

INDEX OF EXHIBITS



Exhibit No.

99.1		Press release, dated January 22, 2001, announcing acquisition of registrant by SCA Packaging International B.V., a company organized under the laws of the kingdom of the Netherlands.

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