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Federal Circuit Holds U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Not Liable for Hurricane Katrina Flood Damage

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Army Corps of Engineers liable under the Tucker Act for flood damage to the Plaintiffs’ properties. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and catastrophically flooded St. On April 20, 2018, it reversed a decision of the United States Court of Federal Claims (“Claims Court”), which had held the U.S.