Ashwander v. TVA

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate 1935-12-09
1936-01-15
gptkbp:citation gptkb:297_U.S._288
numerous subsequent Supreme Court cases
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_Louis_Brandeis
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1936-03-09
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_James_Clark_McReynolds
gptkbp:docketNumber No. 402
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Ashwander_v._Tennessee_Valley_Authority
gptkbp:heldBy The Tennessee Valley Authority Act is constitutional.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ashwander v. TVA
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes
gptkbp:predecessor doctrine of constitutional avoidance
gptkbp:principle Ashwander rules (Brandeis concurring opinion on constitutional avoidance)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Tennessee_Valley_Authority
gptkbp:subject Doctrine of constitutional avoidance
Federal power to sell electricity
Constitutionality of the Tennessee Valley Authority
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ashwander_et_al._v._Tennessee_Valley_Authority_et_al.
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6