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U.S. High Court Denies Petition Disputing Government's Immunity In Katrina Dispute
Posted on 25 Jun 2013 by Jennifer Hans

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 refused to hear an appeal of a lower federal court's ruling that the application of the discretionary function exception (DFE) to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) completely insulates... Read More

Tags: Kent Lattimore , Mississippi River Gulf Outlet , Army Corps of Engineers , Federal Tort Claims Act , New Orleans , et al. v. United States , Berthelot , et al. v. Boh Bros. Construction , In re: Katrina Canal Breaches Consolidated Litigation , Louisiana , Litigation , discretionary function exception , U.S. Supreme Court , Hurricane Katrina , FTCA

5th Circuit: United States Not Immune From Liability For Katrina Flood Damage
Posted on 5 Mar 2012 by Jennifer Hans

NEW ORLEANS - (Mealey's) The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 2 affirmed a lower court's ruling that the United States is not immune from liability for certain plaintiffs' Hurricane Katrina flood damage under Section 702c of the... Read More

Tags: Mississippi River Gulf Outlet , Army Corps of Engineers , Federal Tort Claims Act , Catastrophic Loss , In Re: Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation , Louisiana , Litigation , discretionary function exception , Fifth Circuit , Flood Control Act of 1928 , flood damage , Hurricane Katrina , FTCA

Williams Mullen: Clean Water Rule Opens Litigation Floodgates
Posted on 9 Jul 2015 by Williams Mullen

By A. Keith "Kip" McAlister, Jr. | With much fanfare, EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) recently issued a final rule clarifying which bodies of water are “waters of the United States” protected under the... Read More

Tags: Rapanos , Army Corps of Engineers , pollution , CWA , Williams Mullen , environment , Litigation , water , U.S. Supreme Court , Clean Water Act , EPA