Legal Opinion
Kentucky Coal Ass'n v. Tennessee Valley Authority
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 23, 2015No. 15-5163PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
When the Tennessee Valley Authority decided to switch from coal to natural-gas generation at one of its power plants in Kentucky, many local landowners were not happy. They thought that the conversion would damage the local economy and harm the environment to boot. Any judicial power to halt such a project arises only if the TVA acted arbitrarily (and capriciously) in making its decision. Because that was not the case, any problems from the conversion are not ours to fix. We affirm.
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Created during the depths of the Depression, the Tennessee Valley Authority is a…
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