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U.S. EX REL. T.V.A. v. POWELSON

No. 3.

319 U.S. 266 (1943)

63 S.Ct. 1047

87 L.Ed. 1390

UNITED STATES EX REL. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY v. POWELSON, ASSIGNEE AND SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST OF SOUTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 17, 1943.

Reargued March 1, 2, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Fahy and Mr. William C. Fitts, Jr. made the original argument for the United States; and Mr. Fitts the reargument. Messrs. Arnold Raum and Charles J. McCarthy were on the briefs.

Messrs. George Lyle Jones and George H. Wright argued the cause on the reargument, and Mr. Arthur T. Vanderbilt on the original argument, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case arises out of condemnation by the United States on behalf of the Tennessee Valley Authority of about 12,000 acres of land in North Carolina lying in and along the Hiwassee River, a major tributary of the Tennessee. The land involved in the case was owned by the respondent Southern States Power Company, a North Carolina corporation, and by its wholly owned subsidiary...

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