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ALABAMA POWER CO. v. ICKES

Nos. 84 and 85.

302 U.S. 464 (1938)

58 S.Ct. 300

82 L.Ed. 374

ALABAMA POWER CO. v. ICKES, FEDERAL EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William H. Thompson, with whom Messrs. Perry W. Turner, Newton D. Baker, R.T. Jackson, Dean Acheson, Thomas V. Koykka, Wayne G. Cook and J. Harry Covington were on the brief, for petitioner.

Messrs. Jerome N. Frank and Solicitor General Reed, with whom Attorney General Cummings, Assistant Attorney General Morris, and Messrs. Enoch E. Ellison and Robert E. Sher were on the brief, for the respondent Administrator.

MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

These cases involve certain "loan-and-grant agreements" made by the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works with four municipal corporations located in the State of Alabama. The bills of complaint sought to enjoin the execution of these agreements. Each agreement contemplates the construction of an electricity-distribution system by the designated municipality...

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