OKC Corp. v. Williams

How later courts describe this case

• declining to reach constitutional issues because SEC did not obtain materials by improper means
• provision of Energy and Water Development Act authorizing Tennessee Valley Authority to impound Tellico River notwithstanding requirements of Endangered Species Act or "any other law"
• government decision to flood tribal lands for reservoir did not infringe on Cherokee Tribe’s First Amendment rights
• the fact that Cherokees have no written creeds or houses of worship are of little import when construing the individual beliefs-of the plaintiffs religion
• although trial court failed to inquire and waiver letter from Oteri & Weinberg inadequate, prejudice not likely
• Where Mississippi statute did not provide damages for retaliatory firing, this Court had to “decide [the] issue as we believe a Mississippi court would decide it.” (citation omitted)
• “An amendment to an existing statute is not an acknowl-edgement by Congress that the original statute is invalid. It is a common and customary legislative procedure to enact amendments strengthening and clarifying existing laws.”
• elements required under Texas law