continuing taking
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From 331 U.S. 745 - United States v. Dickinson · 1947Most cited · 1,092 citing opinions
when the Government chooses not to condemn land but to bring about a taking by a continuing process of physical events, the owner is not required to resort either to piecemeal or to premature litigation to ascertain the just compensation for what is really 'taken.