Levee Law
Also see: Flood Insurance
The Mississippi River and Tributaries Project - The Corps of Engineers plan for the Mississippi
IN RE KATRINA CANAL BREACHES CONSOLIDATED LITIGATION - U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Lousianas. This page collects the documents in this set of levee breach cases.
LA Supreme court rules that homeowns policies do not cover Hurricane Katrina flood damage - Sher v. Lafayette Ins. Co., --- So.2d ----, 2008 WL 928486, 2007-2441 (La. 4/8/08) (La. Apr 08, 2008) (NO. 07-C-2441, 07-C-2443)
Court dismisses most Katrina levee breach claims against the Army Corps of Engineers - 30 Jan 2008
5th Circuit construes flood exclusion in homeowner's policies after Katrina - In re Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation, 495 F.3d 191 (5th Cir.2007) - cert denied. Lower court.
Plaintiff's can go forward with claims against the Army Corp of Engineers based on failure of a navigation canal during Katrina.
Supreme Court limits the Flood Control Act of 1928 - Central Green Co. v.
United States, 531 U.S. 425 (2001)
Is the levee district or the parish liable for maintaining levees - Saden
v. Kirby, 660 So.2d 423 (La. 1995)
Navigation channels for levee construction are covered by the Flood Control Act immunity - Mocklin v. Orleans Levee District and Its Board of Levee Commissioners, 877 F.2d 427 (5th Cir. 1989)
Are recreational waters governed by the Flood Control Act of 1928 - United
States v. James et al., 478 U.S. 597 (1986)
Absolute immunity of the Corp of Engineers for flood damage - Florida East
Coast Railway Co. v. United States, 519 F.2d 1184 (5th Cir. 1975)
Flood Control Act immunity does not appy to navigation projects - Graci v.
United States, 456 F.2d 20 (5th Cir. 1971)
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