Legal Opinion
Allain-Lebreton Company v. Department of the Army, New Orleans District, Corps of Engineers
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 11, 1982No. 80-3451PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
The Allain-Lebreton Company sought declaratory and injunctive relief, and damages against the Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Division, and the Board of Commissioners, South LaFourche Levee District. The company alleged that the decision not to locate a hurricane protection levee on certain of its lands constituted a taking of its property without just compensation. The district court dismissed the action finding no justiciable controversy. We affirm.
Pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1965, 79 Stat. 1073, Pub.L.No. 89-298, the Levee District and the…
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