The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an emergency order Wednesday barring an effort by the state of Louisiana and plaintiff's lawyers to have the state's attorney general sue the Army Corps of Engineers on behalf of Hurricane Katrina victims who don't have lawyers.

The order was issued in response to a hurried effort by the Department of Justice to find a way to stop the lawsuit from being filed.

The suits are based on allegations that the Corps was responsible for levee breaks during the storm that caused widespread flooding.

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