Legal Opinion
State of Alabama Ex Rel. Charles A. Graddick, as Attorney General of the State of Alabama v. Tennessee Valley Authority
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1981No. 79-1283PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
The Tennessee Valley Authority (“TVA” or “Authority”) appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama requiring that its “headquarters” in Knoxville, Tennessee, be packed up and moved to Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The district judge found this relocation necessary to bring TVA into compliance’ with section 8(a) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, 16 U.S.C. § 831g(a), which reads in pertinent part: “The corporation shall maintain its princi pal office in the immediate vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Alabama.” 1
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Tennessee Valley Authority v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. RutherfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. MerriamSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Seatrain Shipbuilding Corp. v. Shell Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Harris v. GarnerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
- Rosie Quarles v. Fred St. Clair, Individually and as Commissioner of the Mississippi State Department of Public WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Ashton v. PierceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Kelley ex rel. Michigan v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1985
- Abrams v. HecklerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1984
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