Tennessee Electric Power Co. v. Tennessee Valley Authority

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1939-01-30

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*134 Mr. Justice Roberts delivered the opinion of the Court. The Tennessee Valley Authority Act 1 erects a corporation, an instrumentality of the United States, to develop by a series of dams on the Tennessee River and its tributaries a system of navigation and flood control and to sell the power created by the dams. Eighteen c…

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