Legal Opinion
Rainbow Realty Co. v. Tennessee Valley Authority
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided August 2, 1954No. Civ. 1851PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
In Cause No. 1874, the United States, upon relation of and for the use of the Tennessee Valley Authority, filed on May 24, 1954, a petition for taking, by right of eminent domain, certain described lands in Davidson County, Tennessee, owned in fee simple by the Rainbow Realty Company, a corporation. The purpose of the pleading was to condemn an easement and right-of-way for the use of T. V. A. in constructing and maintaining electric power transmission lines. The authority for the taking was declared to be found in the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, 48 Stat. 58, as amended, 16…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Kohl v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Tennessee Electric Power Co. v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by13 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. An Easement and Right of Way Over Land in Logan County, Kentucky, Enlow Rogers, Et Ux.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1964
- Ferguson v. Electric Power Board of Chattanooga, Tenn.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1974
- A. v. Goodpasture v. Tennessee Valley AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- William M. Young and Faith Adams Young v. Tennessee Valley AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. An Easement & Right-of-Way 200 Feet Wide & 874 Feet Long Over Certain LandDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1964
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