Legal Opinion
In Re: Katrina Canal Breaches
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 25, 2012No. 10-30249, 10-31054 and 11-30808PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Treating the petition for rehearing en banc as a petition for panel rehearing, the petition for panel rehearing is GRANTED. We withdraw our opinion, In re Katrina Canal Breaches Litig., 673 F.3d 381 (5th Cir.2012), and substitute the following:
Decades ago, the Army Corps of Engineers (the “Corps”) dredged the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (“MRGO”), a shipping channel between New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico, and levees alongside the channel and around the city. When Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, MRGO’s size and configuration greatly aggravated the storm’s…
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