IN RE KATRINA CANAL BREACHES LITIGATION

Nos. 10-30249, 10-31054 and 11-30808.

696 F.3d 436 (2012)

In re KATRINA CANAL BREACHES LITIGATION. Norman Robinson; Kent Lattimore; Lattimore & Associates; Tanya Smith, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. United States of America, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee. Monica Robinson, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. United States of America, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee. In re Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation. In re Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation. United States of America, on Behalf of United States Army Corps of Engineers, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 24, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Bruno (argued), Bruno & Bruno, L.L.P., Jonathan Beauregard Andry , Andry Law Firm, Lewis Scott Joanen , Frank Jacob D'Amico, Jr. , Richard Michael Exnicios , Law Offices of Richard M. Exnicios, Gerald Edward Meunier , Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, L.L.C., Camilo Kossy Salas, III , Salas & Co., L.C., David S. Scalia , Scalia Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, Joseph W. Cotchett , Philip L. Gregory , Joseph C. Wilson , Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA, Walter Clayton Dumas , Sr. Atty., Dumas Law Firm, L.L.C., Joseph J. McKernan , McKernan Law Firm, Michael Carter Palmintier , Trial Atty., deGravelles, Palmintier, Holthaus & Frugé, L.L.P., John Bettes Dunlap, III , Dunlap Fiore, L.L.C., Baton Rouge, LA, Norval Francis Elliot, III , N. Frank Elliot III, L.L.C., Lake Charles, LA, Calvin Clifford Fayard, Jr. , Sr. Trial Atty., Fayard & Honeycutt, A.P.C., Denham Springs, LA, Nina D. Froeschle , Pierce O'Donnell (argued), Andrew Patrick Owen , Trial Law Firm, P.C., Thomas V. Girardi , Girardi & Keese, Los Angeles, CA, Henry Clay Mitchell, Jr. , Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner & Proctor, Pensacola, FL, Drew A. Ranier , Ranier, Gayle & Elliot, Lake Charles, LA, Brent M. Rosenthal , Rosenthal Pennington, L.L.P., Sherri Ann Saucer (argued), Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, TX, James Parkerson Roy , Elwood Clement Stevens, Jr. , Bob F. Wright , Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, LA, Matthew D. Schultz , Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner & Proctor, Pensacola, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Cross-Appellants in No. 10-30249.

Mark Bernard Stern (argued), Alisa Beth Klein , Daniel Joseph Lenerz , Abby Christine Wright , U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App. Staff, Lindsey E. Powell , U.S. Dept. of Justice, Robin D. Smith , U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for United States of America.

James Bryan Mullaly , City Atty.'s Office for the City of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, Michael K. Kellogg , Scott Harris Angstreich (argued), Andrew S. Oldham , Dep. Sol. Gen., Kellogg Huber Hansen , Washington, DC, James M. Garner (argued), John Thomas Balhoff, II , Ashley Gremillion Coker, Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C., Ewell Elton Eagan, Jr. (argued), Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, L.L.P., Wendy Hickok Robinson , Entergy Services, Inc., New Orleans, LA, James David Caldwell , Office of the Atty. Gen., for the State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA, Richard Alvin Tonry , Tonry & Ginart, Chalmette, LA, Elisa Tara Gilbert , Brendan Regis O'Brien , Gilbert Firm, New York City, for City of New Orleans, AT&T Entities, State of Louisiana, Parish of St. Bernard, Rain CII Carbon, L.L.C., Universal Health Services, Inc., Amy Huey , Virginia Burdette, Chapter 7 Trustee of the Estate of Quintessa Huey and Caryn L. Fong , Certain Members of the MRGO Must Go Coalition, James Wilkins , Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, Holy Cross Neighborhood Assoc., Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development, MQVN Community Development Corp., Entergy Louisiana, L.L.C., Entergy New Orleans Inc., Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Ins. Co., Amici Curiae.

Joseph M. Bruno , Bruno & Bruno, L.L.P., Michael Warren Hill , Gerald Edward Meunier , Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in No. 10-31054.

Joseph M. Bruno , Bruno & Bruno, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Andrew Patrick Owen , Trial Law Firm, P.C., Los Angeles, CA, James Parkerson Roy , Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, LA, Sherri Ann Saucer , Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Respondents in No. 11-30808.

Before SMITH, PRADO and ELROD, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Treating the petition for rehearing en banc as a petition for panel rehearing, the petition for panel rehearing is GRANTED. We withdraw our opinion, In re Katrina Canal Breaches Litig., 673 F.3d 381 (5th Cir.2012), and substitute the following:

Decades ago, the Army Corps of Engineers (the "Corps") dredged the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet ("MRGO"), a shipping channel between New Orleans...

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