ALFORD v. U.S.

2019-1678.

961 F.3d 1380 (2020)

Troy ALFORD, Kathy Alford, Harold Angelo, Lucy Barwick, Thomas Beasley, Sandra Beasley, Larry Blackwell, John Brinkman, Angela Britt, Stephanie Cook, James Cox, John Feminella, Charles Franklin, Gerald Gelston, Jack Goodson, Chris Hammack, Gus Harrison, Claude Hudson, Sherman Hull, Ollie Hull, Lamarr Joseph, William Kitchens, Ken Klaus, Kim Koppman, Glenn Lecompte, Faye Little, James Luke, Patty McKay, George McMillin, William McRight, Charles Mullins, Billy Nichols, Raymond Palmer, Sandra Palmer, Lou Parker, Donald Redden, Dorothy Redden, Albert Roberson, Johnny Roland, Keith Rushing, George Sills, Huel Sills, Ronald Wilson, Eagle Lake View, LLC, John and Jane Does 1-100, M. James Chaney, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellees v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: June 19, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon G. Alston , Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC, Jackson, MS, argued for plaintiffs-appellees Troy Alford, Kathy Alford, Harold Angelo, Lucy Barwick, Thomas Beasley, Sandra Beasley, Larry Blackwell, John Brinkman, Angela Britt, Stephanie Cook, James Cox, John Feminella, Charles Franklin, Gerald Gelston, Jack Goodson, Chris Hammack, Gus Harrison, Claude Hudson, Sherman Hull, Ollie Hull, Lamarr Joseph, William Kitchens, Ken Klaus, Kim Koppman, Glenn Lecompte, Faye Little, James Luke, Patty McKay, George McMillin, William McRight, Charles Mullins, Billy Nichols, Raymond Palmer, Sandra Palmer, Lou Parker, Donald Redden, Dorothy Redden, Albert Roberson, Johnny Roland, Keith Rushing, George Sills, Huel Sills, Ronald Wilson, Eagle Lake View, LLC, John and Jane Does 1-100. Also represented by Robert Lane Bobo, Robert Richard Cirilli, Jr.; Scott H. Angstreich, Jacob Hartman, Daniel Severson, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC.

Barrett Blake Teller , Teller, Hassell & Hopson, LLP, Vicksburg, MS, for plaintiff-appellee M. James Chaney, Jr.

John Emad Arbab , Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellant. Also represented by Erika Kranz, Jeffrey B. Clark, Eric Grant.

Before Dyk, Schall, and O'Malley, Circuit Judges.


The plaintiffs, appellees in this court, own properties surrounding Eagle Lake in Mississippi. In 2011, the Army Corps of Engineers ("Corps") raised the water level of Eagle Lake to prevent a nearby levee from breaching. The plaintiffs' properties were damaged as a result of the water level increase, but the damages sustained...

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