the Congress passed the Flood Control Act of 1928, thereby creating the Mississippi River & Tributaries System under the direction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Those engineers, charged ...

It resulted in the Flood Control Act of 1928 and the widespread migration of African Americans, many of whom were sharecroppers, to Chicago and other Northern cities. Morrison organizes his ...

The U.S. Government responded that the 1928 Federal Flood Control Act grants immunity to the federal government for damages due to flood waters. Since the canal is part of an area-wide water ...

The judge's decision reportedly relies on the Flood Control Act of 1928, which was passed after the Mississippi floods of 1927. The Act granted immunity to the federal government when levees and ...

Cunningham made short work of the government’s claim that the Flood Control Act of 1928 gives it sovereign immunity against any liability associated with flood control. “The government cannot avoid ...