Legal Opinion
United States of America, Upon the Relation and for the Use of the Tennessee Valley Authority v. J. P. Robertson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 14, 1966No. 21778PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SLOAN, Senior District Judge r
On October 19, 1960, by the filing of a Declaration of Taking accompanied by a deposit of $1900.00 as the government’s estimate of just compensation, the United States through its agency the Tennessee Valley Authority (hereinafter referred to as “TVA”) took an easement 150 feet wide and 2,753 feet long across a farm of 187 acres in Lowndes County, Mississippi.
The issue of just compensation was tried initially before three Commissioners appointed by the District Court pursuant to § 25 of the TVA Act (16 U.S. C.A. § 831x).
At the conclusion of the trial the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Olson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Slattery Company, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Paul L. Tugwell v. A. F. Klaveness & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- United States ex rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. RussellDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1948
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3Cited by13 opinions
- United States v. 14.38 Acres of Land, More or Less Situated in Leflore County, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- United States v. Edward Grady PartinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1980
- Moses Pearson, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- United States ex rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. An Easement & Right-of-Way Over 6.09 Acres of LandDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 2015
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