excess condemnation
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 281 U.S. 439 - Cincinnati v. Vester · 1930Most cited · 296 citing opinions
the taking of more land than is needed to be occupied by the improvement directly in contemplation
How often courts cite the case defining “excess condemnation”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “excess condemnation” — 296 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.