Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. Welch
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 21, 1945No. Nos. 5373-5378PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
These are appeals from judgments dismissing petitions of the Tennessee Valley Authority for the condemnation of certain tracts of land. The TVA seeks to acquire the lands in order that it may convey them to the Department of the Interior to be incorporated in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, pursuant to a contract by which its liability for flooding a highway of the State of North Carolina is to be thus extinguished. The District Judge, being of opinion that the power of condemnation vested by Congress in the TVA did not authorize condemnation for such purpose,…
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3Cited by12 opinions
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