UNITED STATES v. ST. BERNARD PARISH

Nos. 83-3557, 83-3760 and 84-3082.

756 F.2d 1116 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PARISH OF ST. BERNARD, Police Jury of the Parish of St. Bernard, Lake Borgne Basin Levee District, Fosco Enterprises, Inc., Travelers Insurance Co., Parish of Jefferson and Jefferson Parish Council, Regent Development Corp., Jefferson Levee District, Pontchatrain Levee District, Joseph F. Varisco, Jr., and Terry Tedesco, Inc., J.J. Krebs and Sons, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The PARISH OF JEFFERSON, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Childress, Henry J. Miltenberger, Jr., Fritz B. Ziegler, Covington, La., for Lake Borgne Basin Levee Dist.

A. Scott Tillery, Chalmette, La., for Fosco Enterprises, Inc.

John J. Weigel, New Orleans, La., for Fosco Enterprises, Inc. & Travelers Ins. Co.

Ivy A. Smith, Jr., Joseph H. Hurndon, New Orleans, La., for Tedesco, Inc.

Gerald M. Dillon, New Orleans, La., Hubert A. Vondenstein, Gretna, La., for Jefferson Parish & Council.

Rene A. Pastorek, Gretna, La., for Regent Development Corp.

Bruce G. Reed, New Orleans, La., for Jefferson Levee Dist.

John I. Hulse, IV, Kenneth V. Faherty, New Orleans, La., for J.F. Varisco.

Leonard Schaitman, Mark H. Gallant, Michael F. Hertz, Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Justice Dept., Washington, D.C., for U.S.A.

Stanley E. Loeb, New Orleans, La., for Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Harry A. Rosenberg, New Orleans, La., for U.S. Home, Inc., HomeCraft, Inc.

Donald Hammett, Kevin O'Bryon, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants Jefferson Parish, et al.

Adam & Reese, Sam A. LeBlanc, III, Rebecca A. Bush, H. Bruce Shreves, Dillon & Cambre, Gerard M. Dillon, New Orleans, La., Hubert A. Vondenstein, Gretna, La., for St. Bernard Parish and The Policy Jury of St. Bernard Parish.

Charles F. Seemann, Jr., Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., for Burke & Assoc.

Before BROWN, WILLIAMS, and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

I. Overview

In this exceptionally complicated consolidated action we are presented with what is apparently a question of first impression under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The United States Government seeks recovery of over $100 million from various Louisiana public and private defendants. The district judge granted the defendants' motions for summary judgment on several of the government's claims. After...

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