takings cases - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/takings-cases/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Sun, 21 May 2023 00:38:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 takings cases - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/takings-cases/ 32 32 103504436 SJRA Loses Plea in Harvey “Takings” Case, Attacks Expert Witness, Files Another Appeal https://houstonnewmedia.org/sjra-loses-plea-in-harvey-takings-case-attacks-expert-witness-files-another-appeal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sjra-loses-plea-in-harvey-takings-case-attacks-expert-witness-files-another-appeal Sun, 21 May 2023 00:38:30 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=39393 Downstream property owners who claim their property was unconstitutionally “taken” 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. […]

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]]> 601185 Appeals Court Revives Addicks-Barker Downstream Takings Cases https://houstonnewmedia.org/appeals-court-revives-addicks-barker-downstream-takings-cases/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=appeals-court-revives-addicks-barker-downstream-takings-cases Fri, 03 Jun 2022 01:08:21 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=32981 After Hurricane Harvey, people downstream of the Addicks and Barkers Reservoirs on the west side sued the Army Corps for “taking” their property. On February 19, 2020, Judge Loren A. Smith dismissed the takings cases. According to the Houston Chronicle, he said that property owners had no right to sue the government for inundating their land […]

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