United States ex rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. Three Tracts of Land Containing Total of 312 Acres, More or Less, in Monroe County

MEMORANDUM

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on TVA’s motion to strike defendant’s answer to the extent that such answer challenges TVA’s authority to take the property in question. Alternatively, TVA has moved for partial judgment on the pleadings with respect to that issue. The property involved is part of TVA’s Tellico Project, which has been the object of litigation in this Court on numerous occasions. E. g., United States v. Two Tracts of Land, 387 F.Supp. 319 (E.D.Tenn. 1974), aff’d, 532 F.2d 1083 (6th Cir. 1976); Environmental Defense Fund v. TVA, 371…