Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation

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Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation
by Charles Evans Whittaker

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Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation, 362 U.S. 99 (1960), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court which determined that the Federal Power Commission was authorized to take lands owned by the Tuscarora Indian tribe by eminent domain under the Federal Power Act for a hydroelectric power project, upon payment of just compensation. Warning: template has been deprecated.

917805Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation — SyllabusCharles Evans Whittaker

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Opinion of the Court

United States Supreme Court

Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation

Argued: Dec. 7, 1959. --- Decided: March 7, 1960

See 362 U.S. 956, 80 S.Ct. 858.

J. Lee Rankin, Washington, D.C., Sol. Gen., for petitioner Federal power comm.

Mr. Thomas F. Moore, Jr., New York City, for petitioner Power Authority of New York.

Mr. Arthur Lazarus, Jr., Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Mr. Justice WHITTAKER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Notes

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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