United States v. Riehle

How courts have described this case

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

• holding “[e]xcessive precipitation was the root cause of the flooding experienced by plaintiffs”
• noting that “the' issue of what constitutes a ‘taking’ is a ‘federal question’ governed entirely by federal law, but ... the meaning of ‘property’ as used by the Fifth Amendment will normally obtain its content by reference to state law”
• finding public-figure analysis an \ill-fitting mold\ and rejecting it for the public-interest test
• finding public-figure analysis an “ill-fitting mold” and rejecting it for the public-interest test
• analyzing harms of dam operation causing raised water levels on adjacent farms against benefits of control at all other periods of same dam
• analyzing harms of dam operation causing raised water levels on adjacent farms against benefits of control at all other periods of same dam

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).