1. Green Bay & Mississippi Canal Co. v. Patten Paper Co., No. 14., SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, Argued January 13, 14, 1898. , November 28, 1898, Decided
OVERVIEW: Where federal legislation granted a canal company the rights to the water power from canals and dams, this federal law controlled any contrary right asserted under state authority and the canal company had rights to the full flow of the river.
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