multiple investigations Scrutiny in the aftermath of the storm Catastrophe concluded Coming_to_believe that the u.s. army corps of engineers , which had designed Creating and built Building the region 's levees decades earlier , was responsible for the failure of the flood-control systems , though federal courts later ruled Legal_rulings that the corps could not be held financially liable because of sovereign immunity in the flood control Control act of 1928 .

Those in Gazankulu , however , found Know themselves confined to the homeland and liable for deportation should they officially enter South Africa , and evidence exists that their hosts denied Agree_or_refuse_to_act them access Having_or_lacking_access to economic resources .

The act caused Causation 404,385 men to be liable for military service , from which 385,510 sought exemption .

An opinion sought by the tribunal from a senior constitutional lawyer stated Statement that the Governor , Thomas Gore Browne , and certain officers were liable for criminal Committing_crime and civil charges for their actions .

The jury returned Giving a verdict of 'not guilty ' and the Lord Chief Justice said Communication in his summing up that `` ... he could not but think Coming_to_believe that the railway company was seriously to blame Judgment_communication for having had in use Using a brake which not only was not the best in existence Presence , but which was known Know to be insufficient and liable to break down Destroying '' .