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STELLY v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 84-0086.

598 F.Supp. 344 (1984)

Irene Stelly, wife of/and Gorchin STELLY v. UNITED STATES, United States Department of the Army, and United States Army Corp of Engineers.

United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.

December 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren J. Pickle, Law Office of Joseph W. Nelkin, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

John R. Halliburton, Asst. U.S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for defendants.

RULING

VERON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Irene and Gorchin Stelly allege that in 1980 and 1981 the United States Army Corps of Engineers negligently operated the Vermilion Lock, which is part of the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway, and the Scooner Bay and Catfish Point Control Structures, which are part of the Mermentau River and Tributaries Project, causing salt water to infiltrate various fresh-water canals. When the Stellys drew water from them to irrigate...

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