IN RE KATRINA CANAL BREACHES LITIGATION

No. 07-30706, Consolidated with No. 07-30771, No. 07-31141.

IN RE: KATRINA CANAL BREACHES LITIGATION COLLEEN BERTHELOT, Etc; ET AL, Plaintiffs MAUREEN O'DWYER, ET AL, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. B & K CONSTRUCTION CO INC; BOH BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO LLC, Defendants-Appellees In Re: Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation COLLEEN BERTHELOT; ET AL, Plaintiffs v. B & K CONSTRUCTION CO INC; BOH BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO LLC; BURK KLEINPETER INC; MODJESKI & MASTERS INC, Defendants-Appellees MAUREEN O'DWYER; SALLY EGERTON RICHARDS; STEPHANIE PORTER, doing business as Interior Specialties LLC; EVELYN JORDAN JORDAN; CHARLES EDWARD JORDAN; ET AL, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. EUSTIS ENGINEERING COMPANY INC; MODJESKI & MASTERS INC; B & K CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC; BURK KLEINPETER INC; GEOTECH INC, Defendants-Appellees MAUREEN O'DWYER; HAROLD GAGNET; SALLY EGERTON RICHARDS; SHANE PORTER; STEPHANIE PORTER; ET AL, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. EUSTIS ENGINEERING CO INC; MODJESKI & MASTERS INC; B & K CONSTRUCTION CO INC; BURK KLEINPETER INC; GEOTECH INC; BOH BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO LLC, Defendants-Appellees. MAUREEN O'DWYER, ET AL, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. EUSTIS ENGINEERING INC; MODJESKI & MASTERS INC; BOH BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO LLC; B & K CONSTRUCTION CO INC; BURK KLEINPETER INC; GEOTECH INC, Defendants-Appellees PONTCHARTRAIN BAPTIST CHURCH; ARTHUR C SARGENT; LUCY T SARGENT; PAMELA YOUNG SMALLPAGE; RICHARD MAITLAND SMALLPAGE, JR; MR H J BOSWORTH; MRS H J BOSWORTH; ROTHFOS CORPORATION; INTERAMERICAN COFEE INC; NOBLES AMERICAS CORPORATION, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. MODJESKI & MASTERS INC; BOH BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO, Defendants-Appellees In Re: Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation COLLEEN BERTHELOT, Wife of JACKIE BERTHELOT; HEBER DUNAWAY; ERIC ANDERSON; AMY JANUSA; Wife of; ET AL, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. EUSTIS ENGINEERING COMPANY INC; MODJESKI & MASTERS INC; BOH BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO LLC, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed April 30, 2009.


PER CURIAM.*

Primarily at issue is a summary judgment rejecting Appellants' asserted admiralty jurisdiction over a claimed tort. The basis for that jurisdictional claim is a drainage canal's being dredged years before Hurricane Katrina. AFFIRMED.

I.

Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, thousands of claims seeking $400 billion in damages were filed against the United States Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) and various...

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