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        <p>More than 120 Southeast Texas residents have signed on to a federal lawsuit alleging that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers illegally took their property when it released water from a reservoir and a dam during Hurricane Harvey flooding their homes.</p>
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<p>The lawsuit filed on Nov. 1 in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims says the houses had no flooding during heavy rain for the two days before that. Some residents say water from the release rose to the edge of their roofs.</p>
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                Who was responsible for the inadequate levee system that gave way from Katrina?            </div>

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                You can't successfully sue federal gubnent when it operates for the benefit and safety of the public at large.  All similar suits against Feds after Katrina were dismissed. Po... <a href="/news/southcentral/2017/11/06/470560.htm?comments#comment-4671643">read more</a>            </div>

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