Legal Opinion
United States v. Grand River Dam Authority
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 13, 1960No. 503PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Mr. Justice Douglas, announced by Mr. Justice Harlan.
Grand River is a nonnavigable tributary of the navigable Arkansas River and flows through Oklahoma. Respondent was created by the Oklahoma Legislature to develop hydroelectric power on the Grand River. It is, to use the statutory language of the law creating it, “a governmental agency and body politic and corporate.” Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1935, c. 70, Art. 4, § 1. A report of the Army Corps of Engineers, made in 1930, indicated that federal development at Pensacola, Markham Ferry, and Ft. Gibson — all sites on the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- United States v. CressSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
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3Cited by87 opinions
- United States v. Virginia Electric & Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Wagoner County Rural Water District No. 2 v. Grand River Dam AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2009
- United States v. Ashland Oil and Transportation Co., a Subsidiary of Ashland Oil Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Cherokee Nation of Okla.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
- United States v. DeatonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2003
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