The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking to quash a class-action lawsuit brought by more than 140 Southeast Missouri farmers seeking millions in damages caused by last May's intentional breaching of the levee protecting the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway.
Army Corps seeks dismissal of Missouri floodway farmers' lawsuit
Friday, March 30, 2012 | 3:40 p.m. CDT;
updated 7:02 p.m. CDT, Saturday, March 31, 2012
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