Legal Opinion
Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 17, 1936No. 403 and 404PublishedCited by 3,090 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hughes
On January 4, 1934, the Tennessee Valley Authority, an agency of the Federal Government,1 entered into a contract with the Alabama Power Company, providing (1) for the purchase by the Authority from the Power Company of certain transmission lines, sub-stations, and auxiliary properties for $1,000,000, (2) for the purchase by the Authority from the Power Company of certain real property for $150,000, (3) for an interchange of hydro-electric energy, and in addition for the sale by the Authority to the Power Company of its “surplus power,” on stated terms, and (4) for mutual restrictions as to…
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