The process of litigation is part of the decentered complex governance structure of risks and disaster. The process highlights problems that other institutions deflect. Courts are also part of defining problems in governing disaster. Scholarship drawing on legal decisions, including concerning environmental decision making, often relies upon the final decision from a highest court of appeal. Most cases settle, and courts make temporary decisions that other courts subsequently overturn or vacate. This process also names and deflects problems. Therefore, looking only to highest courts of appeals misstates how courts participate in governance. However, the process of litigating in lower courts is complex to follow, with partial decisions and settlements. This paper traces the histories of key housing assistance cases taken after Hurricane Katrina, following their multiple iterations as well as how later cases drew upon them, through 2018. Although initial decisions evinced concern for those who had lost their homes, flexible legal standards and limits on groups' ability to litigate allowed courts to limit government agencies’ accountability in court. This paper argues for integrating courts into the governance of risks and hazards, and for following trial courts and process.

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流离失所，法律动员与灾难：审判法院和法律程序

诉讼过程是风险和灾难分散的复杂治理结构的一部分。这个过程突出了其他机构所偏向的问题。法院也是定义灾难管理问题的一部分。依靠法律决定（包括环境决定）的奖学金通常取决于最高上诉法院的最终决定。大多数案件和解，法院做出临时决定，其他法院随后推翻或撤职。此过程还可以命名和解决问题。因此，仅关注最高上诉法院将衡量法院如何参与治理。但是，在下级法院进行诉讼的过程比较复杂，需要部分裁决和解决方案。本文追溯了卡特里娜飓风之后发生的关键住房援助案件的历史，在经历了多次迭代以及后来的案件之后，直到2018年。尽管最初的决定表明了对失去家园的人们的关注，但灵活的法律标准和对团体“诉讼能力”的限制允许法院限制政府机构对政府的追究责任。法庭。本文主张将法院纳入风险和危害的治理中，并遵循审判法院和审判程序。