Legal Opinion
Lynn v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 26, 1940No. 9278PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The petition of appellant was brought against the United States expressly under the Tucker Act, 24 Stats. 505, as amended 43 Stats. 972, 28 U.S.C.A. § 41(20); and against Tennessee Valley Authority which under the Act of its creation, 48 Stats. 58, 16 U.S.C.A. § 831, et seq., may sue and be sued. She prayed' a judgment against the United States for the fair value of lands and easements belonging to her taken through raising the waters of the Tennessee River by Wheeler Dam, and for a declaratory judgment as to her rights under a deed she had previously made to the United…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Monongahela Navigation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- United States v. CressSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- United States v. LynahSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- United States v. WelchSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- United States v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
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3Cited by56 opinions
- United States v. SherwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Weeks v. Bareco Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941
- Philip B. Lindy T/a Fountain View Apts., a Pennsylvania Limited Partnership v. James Lynn, Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- John E. Wiren v. Donald Eide, as District Director of the Bureau of CustomsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Edith Blanc v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
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