SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 20, 2023

Since its creation by Congress during the New Deal, the Tennessee Valley Authority, a quasi-governmental power company that provides electricity to rural areas in seven southeastern states, has wound up before the Supreme Court on a number of occasions – most recently in 2019. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit affirmed.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The Tenth Circuit ordered the injunction to remain in place pending consideration of the environmental groups’ appeal of a district court order that declined to vacate mining lease modifications that authorized road construction in the Sunset Roadless Area. The court—which concluded that the Presidential Permit authorized only a 1.2-mile

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Tennessee Federal Court Allowed Conservation Groups to Proceed with Challenge to TVA Long-Term Contracts. The federal district court for the Western District of Tennessee denied the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA’s) motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging long-term contracts for electricity between TVA and local utilities.

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APRIL 9, 2021

Federal Court Dismissed Challenge to Colorado Dam Project Authorizations for Lack of Jurisdiction. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) actions authorizing a dam project in Colorado be brought in a federal court of appeal. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Save the Colorado v. Semonite , No. 18-cv-03258 (D.

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