Legal Opinion

St. Bernard Parish Government v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided February 15, 2019No. 2018-1204PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Bryson, Circuit Judge.

St. Bernard Parish in Louisiana ("St. Bernard") has appealed from an order of the Court of Federal Claims dismissing its breach of contract claim for lack of jurisdiction. We affirm.

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On April 17, 2009, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service ("NRCS") entered into a "Cooperative Agreement" with St. Bernard under the authority of the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act ("FGCAA"), 31 U.S.C. §§ 6301 - 08. The agreement provided that, under the provisions of the Emergency Watershed Protection ("EWP") Program, the NRCS was…

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