Legal Opinion
Halverson v. Skagit County
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 12, 1994No. 93-35783PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TROTT, Circuit Judge:
OVERVIEW
Ninety residents of the Nookachamps area of Skagit County, Washington, whose homes and other property were damaged by flood waters of the Skagit River, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against municipal corporations Skagit County and Diking Districts Nos. 12 and 17 (collectively the “County”), claiming the County deprived them of substantive and procedural due process of law. The plaintiffs allege the County pursued a policy of improving, maintaining and operating a system of levees and dikes which diverted additional flood waters into the Nookachamps area,…
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