Legal Opinion
Morgan v. Tennessee Valley Authority
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 6, 1940No. 8427PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, Circuit Judge.
The appellant was removed by the President of the United States from his position as a member and chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and denies the power of the President so to do. His suit for salary and for a declaratory judgment that his removal was unlawful, brought in a Tennessee court and transferred to the court below, was dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. 28 F.Supp. 732.
Prior to his removal, and since the organization of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the appellant was a duly qualified…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Humphrey's v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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- Shurtleff v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Parsons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by30 opinions
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