Port Authority of the City of Saint Paul, a Public Corporation v. The United States

ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DEFENDANT’S CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

COWEN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, a governmental subdivision of the State of Minnesota, sues under the Federal Disaster Act to recover $116,000 for the repair of facilities damaged by a 1965 flood. The case is before the court on cross-motions for summary judgment.

Plaintiff owns certain grain storage and barge terminal facilities, as well as the real property upon which the facilities are situated, in St. Paul, Minnesota. The construction of the facilities, which are adjacent the Mississippi River, was…