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Reduce Flooding: SJRA Loses Plea in Harvey ā€œTakingsā€ Case, Attacks Expert Witness, Files Another Appeal

Downstream property owners who claim their property was unconstitutionally ā€œtakenā€ by the San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) during Harvey face more delays in their legal battle for compensation. A final outcome could still be years away. Appeal After Appeal After losing a motion to dismiss the case against it in 2020, SJRA appealed the ruling. [ā€¦]

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Reduce Flooding: Appeals Court Revives Addicks-Barker Downstream Takings Cases

After Hurricane Harvey, people downstream of the Addicks and Barkers Reservoirs on the west side sued the Army Corps for ā€œtakingā€ their property. On February 19, 2020, Judge Loren A. Smith dismissed the takings cases.Ā According to the Houston Chronicle, he said that property owners had no right to sue the government for inundating their land [ā€¦]

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