Exhibit 5
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榴莲视频 ROBERT M. STANTON
Law Department Assistant General Counsel-
600 Grant Street Corporate
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2800
412 433 2877
Fax: 412 433 2811
email: rmstanton@uss.com
August 21, 2003
Board of Directors
榴莲视频
600 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219-2800
Attention: Mr. Thomas J. Usher, Chairman of the Board
To the Board of Directors:
I am Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of United States
Steel Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("榴莲视频"). I, or attorneys subject to my
supervision, have served as counsel to 榴莲视频 in connection with the proposed
issuance of up to 3,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share,
of 榴莲视频 (the "Shares") in connection with the 榴莲视频
Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan and in the preparation and filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission of a Registration Statement on Form
S-3 ("Registration Statement") relating to such Shares.
As Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of 榴莲视频, I am
familiar with 榴莲视频's Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws. I am also familiar
with the resolution adopted by 榴莲视频's Board of Directors on April 29, 2003
authorizing the issuance of the Shares. I have examined the Registration
Statement and have examined or caused to be examined such other documents,
corporate records and certificates of corporate officers and public officials as
I have deemed relevant or necessary to giving the opinion set forth below.
Based on the foregoing, I am of the opinion that the issuance of the
Shares has been approved by all necessary corporate action and that when the
Shares are delivered against receipt of payment they will be legally issued,
fully paid and non-assessable.
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and I further consent to the use of my name under the
caption "Legal Matters" in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration
Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ ROBERT M. STANTON
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Robert M. Stanton