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PHILLIPS v. UNITED STATES

No. 201.

312 U.S. 246 (1941)

PHILLIPS, GOVERNOR OF OKLAHOMA, ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 3, 1941.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. John B. Dudley and Randell S. Cobb, First Assistant Attorney General of Oklahoma, with whom Messrs. Mac Q. Williamson, Attorney General, George S. Ramsey, Duke Duvall, Villard Martin, and Thomas Garrett Logan were on the brief, for appellants.

Assistant Attorney General Shea, with whom Solicitor General Biddle and Messrs. Melvin H. Siegel, Sidney J. Kaplan, Frederick Bernays Wiener, Richard H. Demuth, Alan Johnstone, and Charlie C. McCall were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

As part of a flood control and hydro-electric development, the Grand River Dam Authority, an agency of the State of Oklahoma, was empowered to construct the Grand River Dam, with authority to borrow money and accept grants from the United States. Oklahoma Laws of 1935, Art. 4, c. 70. For the construction of the dam the United States allotted twenty million dollars to the Authority. Eight and one-half millions...

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