Federal Circuit Holds U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Not Liable for Hurricane Katrina Flood Damage
The Energy Law
APRIL 25, 2018
In 1968, the Corps completed construction of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (“MRGO”) in New Orleans. Bernard Parish Government, sued the federal government in Claims Court, claiming that, under the Tucker Act, both action and inaction by the Corps constituted a “taking” by causing flood damage to their properties.
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