Legal Opinion
Dennis Fryman v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 26, 1990No. 89-1139PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
A nasty flood of the Mississippi River in 1927 led to the Flood Control Act of 1928. Congress authorized a complex system of dams and diversionary channels to reduce the damage high water produces. Any system of flood control shifts the incidence of loss even if it substantially reduces the net damage. People upstream of the dams will be inundated although safe before; people downstream face spectacular loss if a dam fails or the floodgates must be opened at an inopportune time. These persons, new victims of floods at the same time flood-control programs rescue…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- United States v. JamesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Kyle Hayes v. The United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
- Morici Corporation, a California Corporation, and Cross-Appellee v. The United States of America, and Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Dawson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- Stephen Eberhardt v. Jack O'MalleyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Hammes v. AAMCO Transmissions, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Kevin Thomas v. Robert A. Farley, Herb Newkirk, and George BartlesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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