ELR Citation: 50 ELR 20042
No(s). 17-9002 (Fed. Cl. Feb 18, 2020) (Smith, J.)

The Court of Federal Claims held that the U.S. government was not liable for the flooding of homes near two dams managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Houston during Hurricane Harvey. Property owners downstream of the dams argued that the government flooded their lands by opening the dams' ...