Brewer v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
3
states following
February 2021
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon · Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council · Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co. · Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff · Block v. Hirsh
Most-quoted passages
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“This inquiry should not devolve into an after-the-fact evaluation of the wisdom of the fire-fighting policies and tactical choices that preceded the taking .... Whether a taking is necessary must be judged at the time the taking occurs. The essence of the doctrine is that the government is acting “under pressure of public necessity and to avert impending peril” and chooses to damage private property as the lesser of two evils. It is that choice, in that moment, for which necessity may provide a defense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.