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7 Jan 2019, 9:51 am by Gregory Sisk
The Tennessee Valley Authority, a federal government corporation, is the nation’s largest electrical-power utility. [read post]
2 May 2019, 2:17 pm by Larisa Vaysman
Congress created the Tennessee Valley Authority, a government-owned corporation, to promote economic development during the Great Depression. [read post]
28 Jun 2011, 7:07 pm by Holly Doremus
In that case,  Tennessee Valley Authority v. [read post]
15 Feb 2011, 9:32 pm by Richard Frank
Now to the back-stories and legal gossip: first, the litigating states (including California) and environmental interests were sorely disappointed when the Obama Administration’s Solicitor General–representing the Tennessee Valley Authority–filed a brief urging the Court to grant certiorari in the case. [read post]
19 Apr 2011, 1:22 am by David Doniger
  True, EPA has authority to curb carbon pollution under the Clean Air Act, as the Supreme Court recognized in Massachusetts v. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 7:56 am by David Doniger
  The five huge power companies – American Electric Power, Southern Company, Duke Energy, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and Xcel Energy – account for more than 650 million tons per year of CO2. [read post]
19 Feb 2019, 3:47 am by Edith Roberts
Tennessee Valley Authority, in which the justices considered whether an implied discretionary function exception bars a negligence claim against the TVA, Azar v. [read post]
29 Jun 2011, 4:17 am by admin
The court did not reach the Tennessee Valley Authority’s prudential standing arguments and did not base its decision on the political question doctrine defense advocated by petitioners. [read post]
29 Jul 2015, 2:00 am by Anthony B. Cavender
In December 2008, a coal ash containment dike operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) at its Kingston Fossil Fuel Plant failed, spilling approximately 5.4 million cubic yards of coal ash sludge over 300 acres. [read post]
21 Feb 2011, 1:44 pm by Lyle Denniston
Tennessee Valley Authority, the Circuit Court ruled that Bond could not raise her Tenth Amendment claim; in other words, she lacked “standing” under Article III. [read post]
9 Sep 2010, 4:01 am by Sean Wajert
Thus, the case is not positioned like the Second Circuit appeal in which the federal government (Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal on behalf of the Tennessee Valley Authority, a government-owned company), recently urged the Supreme Court to overturn a court of appeals decision that allowed Connecticut and several other states to move forward in their suit seeking greenhouse gas emissions reductions under a federal common law nuisance theory. [read post]
13 May 2019, 4:06 am by Edith Roberts
Tennessee Valley Authority, in which the court held that that the TVA can generally be sued for personal-injury claims and instructed the lower court that the TVA might be entitled to immunity from suit depending on “whether transmission of electricity is a governmental function or a commercial function,” “the Court replaced a legal regime that was easy to implement and that performed well in myriad contexts for decades with a new legal regime that will… [read post]