Federal Judge Dismisses Suit Alleging Construction Of MR-GO Caused Flooding

Mealey's (January 31, 2019, 10:53 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A senior federal judge on Jan. 30 dismissed St. Bernard Parish, La., property owners’ lawsuit against the U.S. government after the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed the lawsuit in finding that the property owners failed to establish that the government's action in constructing or operating the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MR-GO) caused their flooding, reversing a lower court (St. Bernard Parish Government, et al. v. The United States, No. 05-1119, Fed. Clms.)....

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