Comments on: “Katrina Suit Vs. Army Corps Dismissed” http://overlawyered.com/2008/01/katrina-suit-vs-army-corps-dismissed/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:26:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: SPQR http://overlawyered.com/2008/01/katrina-suit-vs-army-corps-dismissed/comment-page-1/#comment-10527 SPQR Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:24:53 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5802#comment-10527 Many thanks Ted. Many thanks Ted.

]]> By: Ted http://overlawyered.com/2008/01/katrina-suit-vs-army-corps-dismissed/comment-page-1/#comment-10526 Ted Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:46:15 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5802#comment-10526 The opinion is on line at <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/us/01corps.html" rel="nofollow">the New York Times</a>, which gives it a pro-plaintiff spin. The opinion is on line at the New York Times, which gives it a pro-plaintiff spin.

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

]]> By: Anderson http://overlawyered.com/2008/01/katrina-suit-vs-army-corps-dismissed/comment-page-1/#comment-10524 Anderson 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 <i>Rising Tide</i> for this great bit of history. 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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