United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Company

United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 16, 1940
Full case name	United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Company
Citations	311 U.S. 377 (more)
Holding
A waterway that could be made available for navigation in interstate commerce with reasonable improvements is a navigable water of the United States.
Court membership
Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes Associate Justices James C. McReynolds · Harlan F. Stone Owen Roberts · Hugo Black Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy
Case opinions
Majority	Reed
Concurrence	McReynolds
Dissent	Roberts
Hughes took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Company, 311 U.S. 377 (1940), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that a waterway that could be made available for navigation in interstate commerce with reasonable improvements is a navigable water of the United States. Whether or not Congress has actually contemplated or approved such improvements to the waterway is irrelevant.^[1][2]

References

1. United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Company, 311 U.S. 377 (1940).
2. Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdiction". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 32.

External links

• Text of United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Company, 311 U.S. 377 (1940) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia

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