Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. An Easement & Right-of-Way Over 1.8 Acres of Land, More or Less
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided March 24, 1988No. Nos. 1-87-0066, 1-86-0054PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WISEMAN, Chief Judge.
In separate lawsuits against two individual landowners,1 the plaintiff Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has attempted to acquire by eminent domain both easements and rights of way for the erection and maintenance of a 7.2 mile 161-kV electric power transmission line. The line will provide electricity to the new Saturn Corporation’s automobile assembly plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee. The Saturn plant will be a single, directed-served customer of TVA. Defendants Davis and West own land that is in the proposed path for the new line. After TVA filed declarations of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Berman v. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Hawaii Housing Authority v. MidkiffSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Johnson v. Manhattan Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- United States Ex Rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. WelchSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- In Re Beverly Hills Fire LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- United States Ex Rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. Easements & Rights Of-Way Over a Total of 15.69 Acres of Land, More or Less, in Gordon CountyDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 2008
- United States v. Tree-Removal Rights with Respect to Land in Gordon CountyDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 2017
- US Ex Rel. TVA v. an Easement & Right-Of-WayDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1988
- United States of America upon the relation and for the use of the Tennessee Valley Authority v. A Temporary Right to Enter upon Land in Chester County, Tennessee, and Hunter Faulkner, et ux.District Court, W.D. Tennessee · 2023
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