Legal Opinion
Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 15, 1978No. 76-1701PublishedCited by 1,903 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
The questions presented in this case are (a) whether the Endangered Species Act of 1973 requires a court to enjoin the operation of a virtually completed federal dam — which had been authorized prior to 1973 — when, pursuant to authority vested in him by Congress, the Secretary of the Interior has determined that operation of the dam would eradicate an endangered species; and (b) whether continued congressional appropriations for the dam after 1973 constituted an implied repeal of the Endangered Species Act, at least as to the particular dam.
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