16 U.S.C. § 831x
Condemnation proceedings; institution by Corporation; venue
The Corporation may cause proceedings to be instituted for the acquisition by condemnation of any lands, easements, or rights-of-way which, in the opinion of the Corporation, are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The proceedings shall be instituted in the United States district court for the district in which the land, easement, right-of-way, or other interest, or any part thereof, is located, and such court shall have full jurisdiction to divest the complete title to the property sought to be acquired out of all persons or claimants and vest the same in the United States in fee simple, and to enter a decree quieting the title thereto in the United States of America.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 44
cases, 1939–2015 · leading case: United States Ex Rel. Tennessee Valley Auth. v. Powelson, 319 U.S. 266 (1943).
United States Ex Rel. Tennessee Valley Auth. v. Powelson, 319 U.S. 266 (1943). “58 , 16 U.S.C. § 831x. [5] Under the procedure therein specially prescribed for condemnations on behalf of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the District Court appointed three commissioners to take testimony and to determine the value of the property.”
United States v. Reynolds, 397 U.S. 14 (1970). “885 , 16 U. S. C. § 831x (1964 ed., Supp. IV). Under the bill as reported out of the Senate Committee on Public Works either party had on demand "an absolute right to a jury trial.”
United States of Am. Ex Rel. Tennessee Valley Auth. v. An Easement & Right of Way Over Land in Logan Cnty., Kentucky, Enlow Rogers, Et Ux., 336 F.2d 76 (6th Cir. 1964). “This judgment was entered by three United States District Judges, convened under the provisions of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, Title 16 U.S.C.A. § 831x. Appellants make two contentions; first, that the TVA had no authority to take their property, and second, that…”
Welch v. Tennessee Valley Auth., 108 F.2d 95 (6th Cir. 1939). “58 , 70, 16 U. S.C.A. § 831x. In Nos. 7972 and 7973, the appellants complain of the court’s denial of their motions for a jury trial.”
Fain v. United States Ex Rel. Tennessee Valley Auth., 145 F.2d 956 (6th Cir. 1944). “1 Title 16 U.S.C. § 831x, 16 U.S.C.A. § 831x. “ * * * Either or both parties may file exceptions to the award of said commissioners within twenty days from the date of the filing of said award in court.”
State of California v. United States, 169 F.2d 914 (9th Cir. 1948). “’ [Case *918 cited] Though the meaning of ‘property’ as used in § 25 of the [Tennessee Valley Authority] Act [of 1933, 16 U.S.C.A. § 831x] and in the Fifth Amendment is a federal question, it will normally obtain its content by reference to local law.”
Nat. Resources Def. Council, Inc. v. Tennessee Valley Auth., 340 F. Supp. 400 (S.D.N.Y. 1971). “Thus, 16 U.S.C. § 831x, § 25 of the TVA Act, provides that condemnation proceedings “shall be instituted in the United States district court for the district in which the [property interest] is located.”
United States v. Alexander, 47 F. Supp. 900 (W.D. Va. 1942). “is specifically prescribed, 16 U.S.C.A. § 831x; and in the Flood Control Act of 1928, 45 Stat.”
United States ex rel. Tennessee Valley Auth. v. Stewart, 429 F. Supp. 658 (E.D. Tenn. 1976). “This is a condemnation proceeding, jurisdiction of the Court being invoked under 16 U.S.C. § 831x, and is not in dispute. The above entitled cases have been joined for trial and are presently before the Court upon a motion to intervene in CIV-1-76-14, filed by Robert S.”
A. v. Goodpasture v. Tennessee Valley Auth., 434 F.2d 760 (6th Cir. 1970). “28 U.S.C. § 2282 requires the convening of a three-judge district court for the granting of an injunction “restraining the enforcement, operation or execution of any act of Congress for repugnance to the Constitution of the United States.”
United States of Am., Upon the Relation & for the Use of the Tennessee Valley Auth. v. J. P. Robertson, 354 F.2d 877 (5th Cir. 1966). “The issue of just compensation was tried initially before three Commissioners appointed by the District Court pursuant to § 25 of the TVA Act (16 U.S. C.A. § 831x). At the conclusion of the trial the Commissioners awarded $5,725.”
United States v. Easement & Right-of-Way, 386 F.2d 769 (6th Cir. 1967). “A motion was filed by appellee to strike the exceptions on the ground that they were not filed within the twenty-day period prescribed by 16 U.S.C. § 831x. The District Court entered an order sustaining the motion and striking the exceptions.”
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