Legal Opinion
Tommaseo v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided March 29, 2007No. 05-1119LPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
BRADEN, Judge.
The Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (“MRGO”) is a 76-mile, man-made navigation channel that runs from the Gulf of Mexico to the Port of New Orleans. Plaintiffs have filed a class action for compensation alleged to be due, because of the taking of their property during Hurricane Katrina and subsequent storms, as a result of the construction, continued operation, maintenance, and dredging of the MRGO by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Government”). The threshold issue is whether the United States Court of Federal Claims has jurisdiction to…
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Williams v. LongDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2008
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