Legal Opinion
Grant v. Tennessee Valley Authority
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided December 31, 1942No. 275PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DARR, District Judge.
Under authority of Rule 56, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c, the defendant asks for summary judgment asserting that there is no issue as to any material fact. Supporting the motion, the defendant has filed affidavits. Counter affidavits are offered by the plaintiff.
The plaintiff seeks relief on three claims. The first is based on the charge that damages to crops were caused by flood waters which resulted from the negligence of the defendant’s employees in the handling of the waters of the Tennessee River.
The second is for the same…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- United States v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Keifer & Keifer v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Tennessee Electric Power Co. v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Sloan Shipyards Corp. v. United States Shipping Bd. Emergency Fleet CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Connecticut v. American Elec. Power Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2009
- B Amusement Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1960
- John A. Queen and Queen Electric Manufacturing Company v. Tennessee Valley Authority, Mike Butler and Craven Crowell, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- North Carolina Ex Rel. Cooper v. Tennessee Valley AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2008
- Morris v. Tennessee Valley AuthorityDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1972
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