Nicholson v. United States

OPINION

BASKIR, Judge.

This ease presents an inverse condemnation claim under the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Plaintiffs base their claims on the Government’s failure to adequately design, build, or maintain certain levees in New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina, resulting in a permanent loss of value to their properties. The Plaintiffs cite the failure of the levees and flood walls along the city’s major canals, particularly the 17th Street Canal, the London Avenue Canal and the “Industrial Avenue Canal,” properly known as the Industrial or Inner…