Legal Opinion
Forrest D. Criger v. General Julius W. Becton, Director of Federal Emergency Management Agency
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 11, 1990No. 89-1097PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
General Julius W. Beeton, Jr., director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), appeals the District Court’s ruling that a regulation promulgated by FEMA under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (NFIA), as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 4001-4127, should have retrospective effect. We reverse.
NFIA authorizes a federally assisted flood insurance program to provide coverage for those in need of such protection. The director of FEMA promulgates the “terms and conditions of insurability,” 42 U.S.C. § 4013(a) (1982), which appear in the Code of Federal Regulations as…
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