Northwest Louisiana Fish & Game Preserve Comm. v. United States

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a possible future taking of property cannot give rise to a present action for damages
• “A taking occurs when governmental action deprives the owner of all or most of its property interest.”
• “A taking occurs when governmental action deprives the owner of all or most of its property interest.” (citing United States v. Gen. Motors Corp., 323 U.S. at 378)
• “The harm in this case [aquatic plant growth] . . . did not occur (i.e., was not fixed) until well after” the water level reached maxi- mum height.
• “The correct standard recites that accrual occurs when the harmed party knows or should have known of their existence and all events which fix the government’s alleged liability have occurred.” (emphasis added) (citation and quotation marks omitted)
• “The correct standard recites that accrual occurs when the harmed party knows or should have known of their existence and all events which fix the government’s alleged liability have occurred.” (emphasis added) (citation and quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).