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Ranchers say the state flooded their lands, killing animals. The Supreme Court will decide if Texas has to pay
Fox News ^ | 12/12/23 | Hannah Ray Lambert

Posted on 12/17/2023 10:14:27 AM PST by CFW

Richie DeVillier steered his boat around floating carcasses. His son leaned over the edge of the boat, holding a calf's head above the floodwaters as they tried to lead the shell-shocked animal to higher ground.

Many of the living cattle they had found so far would not survive the next few days. Their bodies were already bloated from standing in water for so long, the coarse black hair sloughed away in patches.

The DeVilliers lost about 60 of their 300 cows and calves, plus seven horses.

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"We were artificially in the bowl that's created by the highway construction," he said. "God didn't do that. Man made that."

In January, the Supreme Court will hear DeVillier's case and consider his argument that Americans like him should be compensated when state governments damage their property.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: flooding; propertyrights; ranches; scotus; texas; winnie
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To: CFW

A similar event occurred in August, 2016 in the Baton Rouge area. A median barrier on I-12 made things worse.

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/courts/lawsuits-target-i-12-median-wall-embankment-in-flooding-but-getting-state-to-pay-is/article_6594e962-7c81-11e7-83f8-2745a703290f.html

Lawsuits target I-12 median wall, embankment in flooding but getting state to pay is no sure bet

Litigation is still ongoing.

https://www.wafb.com/2021/06/09/new-bill-focuses-i-12-median-that-caused-major-flooding-livingston-parish-2016/

New bill focuses on I-12 median that caused major flooding in Livingston Parish in 2016


21 posted on 12/17/2023 1:54:20 PM PST by abb
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To: Saint Athanasius
But, but, they are experts, doncha’ know! Just ask them!
22 posted on 12/17/2023 2:02:53 PM PST by rhinohunter (Elections have consequences. Stolen elections have catastrophic consequences.)
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To: Chewbarkah

You mean the Taxpayers and not the people who actually messed things up.


23 posted on 12/17/2023 2:17:47 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: richinraleigh

I think there is still some kind of approval process by the Feds.


24 posted on 12/17/2023 2:24:39 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: CFW

WTH would Texas have to pay?


25 posted on 12/17/2023 2:39:22 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (MURDER IS MYRDER)
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To: fella

No, what I obviously meant was that whoever f’ed up needs to pay.


26 posted on 12/17/2023 3:06:59 PM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: CFW

Five years ago the LCRA (a Texas state agency) opened up the floodgates and flooded Marble Falls. I know several families (including at least one longtime Freeper) that lost everything. Most of these houses were built above the floodplain and well above the highest elevation that the LCRA purchased the right to flood when they built the lake 70 years ago.

The state has the right to take your property whenever they want for a public purpose, whether it is to build a road or a temporary lake, but they are supposed to compensate you for it.


27 posted on 12/17/2023 3:09:09 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy ( Dementia Joe is Not My President)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

My farmer breakfast friends in south TX have hell with the windmill and pipeline people. They dig up the top soil and caliche, then when they fill back fill they are mixed. This mix will not grow crops. Took Google Earth photos of the pads around the windmills, and show large bare areas where the caliche and soil are mixed, doubling the loss of productive area.
One company was putting in a 42” pipeline, and they were supposed to put aside the topsoil and haul the caliche away. Instead, they packed the caliche TIGHT. One of my friends blew a fuse. The packed caliche will not grow corn, as the roots can’t penetrate the packed caliche. Clarence says the corn roots go very deep.
Real pain dealing with these people, farmers have to lawyer up. Learned I would never want to be a farmer.


28 posted on 12/17/2023 4:08:45 PM PST by TStro
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To: CFW
Government agencies cause more damage to land, water sources, and property than do any rancher or farmer.

Indeed. To really screw things up, you need only add in the Corps of Engineers.

29 posted on 12/17/2023 8:04:50 PM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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