Benjamin T. Graci, Jr. v. United States of America, Philip C. Ciaccio v. United States of America, Emanuel Reid, Jr. v. United States

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

In storm and fury “Betsy’s” winds and resulting high waters wrought destruction upon the plaintiffs’ property and that of many others living in 1965 in Louisiana near the Gulf of Mexico.

These three consolidated cases present the single question whether the immunity clause contained in § 3 of the federal Flood Control Act of 1928, 33 U.S.C. § 702c, applies to these actions under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq., for floodwater damage allegedly caused by the negligence of the United States in the construction of the Mississippi River — Gulf Outlet, a…