United States v. Twin City Power Co.

Mr. JusticeDouglas

delivered the opinion of the

This is a suit for condemnation of land instituted by the United States against respondent power company. A single question of valuation is presented. It is whether the just compensation which the United States must pay by force of the Fifth Amendment includes the value of the land as a site for hydroelectric power operations. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that it does. 215 2d 592. The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reached the same result in litigation involving other lands the same hydroelectric project. United States v. Twin.…