taking by flooding
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 339 U.S. 799 - United States v. Kansas City Life Insurance · 1950Most cited · 369 citing opinions
the destruction of privately owned land by flooding is 'a taking' to the extent of the destruction caused
How often courts cite the case defining “taking by flooding”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “taking by flooding” — 369 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.