wartime destruction
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From 344 U.S. 149 - United States v. Caltex (Philippines), Inc. · 1952Most cited · 249 citing opinions
the common law had long recognized that in times of imminent peril—such as when fire threatened a whole community—the sovereign could, with immunity, destroy the property of a few that the property of many and the lives of many more could be saved.