United States Court of Federal Claims January 23, 2003, No. 97-821 L (Henderson County Drainage District No. 3 v. United States)

OPINION AND ORDER

HEWITT, Judge.

This action involves claims on theories of breach of contract and takings brought by drainage districts and riparian landowners along the Upper Mississippi River in Illinois and Missouri against the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) arising out of the Corps’ operation and maintenance of a 9-foot navigation channel (Navigation Project or 9-foot channel).