Legal Opinion
Alabama Power Co. v. Ickes
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 3, 1938No. 84 and 85PublishedCited by 345 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
These cases involve certain “loan-and-grant agreements” made by the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works with four municipal-corporations located in the State of Alabama. The bills of complaint sought to enjoin the execution of these agreements. Each agreement contemplates the construction of an electricity-distribution system by the designated municipality, and, to that end, the purchase, by the administrator, of bonds to be issued by the municipality and secured by a first pledge of the revenues derived from the operation of the system. In No. 84 thirty and in No. 85 forty-five…
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