Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. 544 Acress of Land
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided September 26, 1969No. Civ. A. No. 923PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
NEESE, District Judge.
The Court submitted to a jury the issue of just compensation herein, but reserved the issue of the relator’s right to take that portion of the land included in the taking which lies above the floodline. The landowners claim a right to contest this reserved issue by evidentiary hearing.
The necessity and expediency of taking property for public use is a purely political determination for the Legislative Branch. It is not a subject for judicial inquiry, and it requires no hearing. Joslin v. Providence (1923), 262 U.S. 668, 678, 43 S.Ct. 684, 67 L.Ed. 1167,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Berman v. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Joslin Manufacturing Co. v. City of ProvidenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- United States Ex Rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. WelchSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Wendell S. Wilson and Mary Ellen R. Wilson, His Wife v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
- United States v. Louise MischkeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by9 opinions
- United States ex rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. An Easement & Right-of-Way Over 1.8 Acres of Land, More or LessDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1988
- United States ex rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. Two Tracts of LandDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1974
- US Ex Rel. TVA v. THREE TRACTS OF LAND, ETC.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1976
- United States ex rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. Road Easement, In Coffee CountyDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1976
- United States ex rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. Three Tracts of Land Containing Total of 312 Acres, More or Less, in Monroe CountyDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1976
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