Legal Opinion
County of Vernon v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 24, 1991No. 90-3184PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
The County of Vernon and its co-plaintiffs (the County) brought an action against the United States Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) to compel completion of the LaFarge Dam Project (the Project). Because no funding existed to complete the Project and because various actions undertaken by the Corps were beyond the court’s jurisdiction, the district court granted the Corps’ motion for summary judgment. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
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BACKGROUND
The Flood Control Act of 1962, Pub.L. 87-874, 76 Stat. 1173, authorized the Corps to…
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