Legal Opinion
Duke Power Co. v. Greenwood County
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 14, 1936No. 32PublishedCited by 170 opinions
1Per curiam
This case presents irregularities in practice which we think should not be overlooked.
The suit was brought by electric utility corporations to restrain the defendants, Greenwood County, South Carolina, and its officials, from constructing and operating a local electric power plant and from issuing bonds and making contracts for that purpose. Harold L. Ickes, as Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works, was permitted to intervene. He filed an answer showing an agreement dated December 8, 1934 (after the commencement of the suit) between the Government and Greenwood County for the making…
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