Comments on: “Katrina Suit Vs. Army Corps Dismissed” https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/01/katrina-suit-vs-army-corps-dismissed/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:39:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: SPQR https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/01/katrina-suit-vs-army-corps-dismissed/comment-page-1/#comment-10527 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:24:53 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5802#comment-10527 Many thanks Ted.

]]> By: Ted https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/01/katrina-suit-vs-army-corps-dismissed/comment-page-1/#comment-10526 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:46:15 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5802#comment-10526 The opinion is on line at the New York Times, which gives it a pro-plaintiff spin.

]]> By: SPQR https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/01/katrina-suit-vs-army-corps-dismissed/comment-page-1/#comment-10525 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:58:12 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5802#comment-10525 Anyone have a link to the memorandum opinion?

]]> By: Anderson https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/01/katrina-suit-vs-army-corps-dismissed/comment-page-1/#comment-10524 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:24:56 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5802#comment-10524 Gosh, I love the art of naming statutes. “Flood control” or “Flood-liability control”?

The timing of course was significant, the great Mississippi Delta flood having just occurred in 1927; that one led to the dynamiting of some Louisiana levees that inundated several parishes, in hopes of saving New Orleans. See John Barry’s Rising Tide for this great bit of history.

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