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THACKER v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

No. 17-1201.

139 S.Ct. 1435 (2019)

Gary THACKER, et ux., Petitioners, v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 29, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin Taylor Rouse , Huntsville, AL, for Petitioners.

Ann O'Connell Adams , Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Franklin Taylor Rouse , Craig N. Rosier , Kenneth Bridges Cole, Jr. , Gary Vestal Conchin , Conchin, Cloud & Cole, LLC, Huntsville, AL, for Petitioners.

Sherry A. Quirk , General Counsel, David D. Ayliffe , Associate General Counsel, James S. Chase , Senior Attorney, Knoxville, TN, Noel J. Francisco , Solicitor General, Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Edwin S. Kneedler , Deputy Solicitor General, Ann O'Connell Adams , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Mark B. Stern , Weili J. Shaw , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Federal law provides that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a Government-owned corporation supplying electric power to millions of Americans, "[m]ay sue and be sued in its corporate name." Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (TVA Act), 48 Stat. 60, 16 U.S.C. § 831c(b). That provision...

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