Legal Opinion
First Iowa Hydro-Electric Cooperative v. Federal Power Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 29, 1946No. 603PublishedCited by 245 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burton
This case illustrates the integration of federal and state jurisdictions in licensing water power projects under the Federal Power Act.1 The petitioner is the First Iowa Hydro-Electric Cooperative, a cooperative association organized under the laws of Iowa with power to generate, distribute and sell electric energy. On January 29, 1940, pursuant to § 23 (b) of the Federal Power Act,2 it *157filed with the Federal Power Commission a declaration of intention to construct and operate a dam, reservoir and hydro-electric power plant on the Cedar River, near Moscow, Iowa.3
On April 2, 1941, it also…
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