Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority

Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 19, 1935 Decided February 17, 1936
Full case name	Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority
Citations	297 U.S. 288 (more) 56 S. Ct. 466; 80 L. Ed. 688
Case history
Prior	Certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 78 F.2d 578
Holding
Congress did not abuse its power with the Tennessee Valley Authority, a government corporation established as part of the New Deal to improve the economy of the state.
Court membership
Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes Associate Justices Willis Van Devanter · James C. McReynolds Louis Brandeis · George Sutherland Pierce Butler · Harlan F. Stone Owen Roberts · Benjamin N. Cardozo
Case opinions
Majority	Hughes, joined by Van Devanter, Brandeis, Sutherland, Butler, Stone, Roberts, Cardozo
Concurrence	Brandeis, joined by Stone, Roberts, Cardozo
Concur/dissent	McReynolds

Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority, 297 U.S. 288 (1936), was a United States Supreme Court case that provided the first elaboration of the doctrine of "Constitutional avoidance".