ELR Citation: ELR 20039
No(s). 05-4182 (E.D. La. Jan 30, 2008)

A district court dismissed a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) for the flooding and inundation of approximately 80% of the city of New Orleans caused by levee breaches following Hurricane Katrina. The claim is barred by the Flood Control Act of 1928. Section 7...