Pascoag Reservoir & Dam, LLC v. Rhode Island

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• concluding that if the failure to bring a state inverse condemnation claim could be excused simply because that claim was time-barred, the exception “would swallow the general rule of state remedy exhaustion”
• holding that Rhode Island’s inverse condemnation action was not unavailable, inadequate, or futile at the time of the taking even though it was time-barred at the time the federal suit was brought
• noting that futility is an exception to this prong
• rejecting a futility argument because the plaintiffs claims were barred by the statute of limitations
• affirming dismissal of takings claim with prejudice because the plaintiff’s “failure to bring a timely suit for compensation under state law has led to the forfeiture of its federal taking claim.”
• noting only “just compensation” prong applies to claim involving physical appropriation

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