ELR Citation: 48 ELR 20065
No(s). 2016-2301, -2373 (Fed. Cir. Apr 20, 2018)

The Federal Circuit held that the U.S. government is not liable for flood damages that property owners in the New Orleans area incurred following Hurricane Katrina. The property owners filed suit under the Tucker Act, alleging that the government's construction and operation of the Mississippi River...