Tishomingo Railroad v. Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NEAL B. BIGGERS, JR., Senior District Judge.

This cause comes before the court on the bench trial held August 2-5, 2010. After consideration of the testimony, evidence, and exhibits presented at trial and *634the post-trial briefs submitted by the parties, the court finds as follows.

Factual and Procedural Background

The issue in this case involves questions of real property law that date back to the 1970s. In 1978, the Tennessee Valley Authority (“TVA”) began construction of a nuclear power plant on the Tennessee River in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, in an area of the river…