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On June 2nd, a panel of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a US Court of Federal Claims ruling that dismissed 176 lawsuits against the US Army Corps of Engineers. The lawsuits were filed by property owners along Buffalo Bayou downstream of the Addicks and Barker Reservoirs in Houston, Texas, after the US Army Corps of Engineers emptied two reservoirs that were holding back floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey in 2017. The plaintiffs claim the government must compensate them for damages under the 5th Amendment.