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· 11/18/2009

In Re Katrina Canal Breaches Consolidated Litigation

Citations

  • 647 F. Supp. 2d 644
  • 40 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20264
  • 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 107836
  • 2009 WL 3856346

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • observing that “there is a paucity of guidance in the law as to the proximity required so as to be a ‘neighbor’ for purposes of art. 667”
  • holding plaintiffs living three miles away from the property allegedly causing the nuisance were not neighbors because the distance was “too attenuated” for the type of harm alleged—flood damage
  • noting the “paucity of guidance in the law as to the proximity required so as to be a “neighbor” for purposes of art. 667”
  • “‘No channel protection [was] included in the overall cost estimate of the project’” even though “‘erosion due to wave wash in open areas [was] expected.’”
  • “‘No channel protection [was] included in the overall cost estimate of the project’” even though “‘erosion due to wave wash in open areas [was] expected.’”
  • \ 'No channel protection [was] included in the overall cost estimate of the project’ ” even though \ 'erosion due to wave wash in open areas [was] expected.’ ”

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Judges: Duval

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