arkansas game fish commission argued october decided december petitioner arkansas game fish commission commission owns manages dave donaldson black river wildlife management area management area area comprises acres along black river forested multiple hardwood oak species serve venue recreation hunting army corps engineers corps constructed clearwater dam dam upstream management area adopted plan known water control manual manual sets seasonally varying rates release water dam periodically corps request farmers authorized deviations manual extended flooding management area peak timber growing season commission objected deviations ground adversely impacted management area opposed corps proposal make temporary deviations part manual permanent plan testing effect deviations corps abandoned proposed manual revision ceased temporary deviations commission sued alleging temporary deviations constituted taking property entitled commission compensation commission maintained deviations caused sustained flooding season cumulative impact flooding caused destruction timber area substantial change character terrain necessitating costly reclamation measures federal claims judgment favor commission reversed federal circuit appeals acknowledged temporary government action may give rise takings claim permanent action character constitute taking held however flooding give rise taking claim flooding permanent inevitably recurring federal circuit understood conclusion dictated sanguinetti cress held flooding temporary duration gains automatic exemption takings clause inspection pp magic formula enables judge every case whether given government interference property taking drawn bright lines main takings claims turn factual inquiries see penn central transp new york city question whether temporary flooding ever give rise takings claim ruled flooding pumpelly green bay wall seasonally recurring flooding cress constitute takings also ruled takings temporary duration compensable causby precedent thus indicates flooding limited duration may compensable none decisions authorizes blanket exception takings clause jurisprudence declines create exception case pp advocating exception government relies primarily sanguinetti held taking occurred canal overflowed onto claimant land opinion summarized prior flooding cases standing proposition order create enforceable liability government least necessary overflow direct result structure constitute actual permanent invasion land government urges extract quoted words definitive rule temporary taking caused floods read passing reference permanence sanguinetti done much work sanguinetti decided well world war cases first english evangelical lutheran church glendale county los angeles first homed matter compensation temporary takings suggestion sanguinetti flooding cases set apart mine run takings claims thus finds solid grounding precedent setting flooding apart government intrusions property government presented persuasive reason primary argument reversing federal circuit decision risks disrupting public works dedicated flood control public interests important categorically different interests stake myriad takings clause cases rejected similar arguments deployed urge blanket exemptions fifth amendment instruction government argues alternative damage downstream property however foreseeable collateral incidental aimed particular landowner therefore compensable takings clause expresses opinion claim first tendered oral argument aired courts reason declines address bearing arkansas law case pp regulation temporary physical invasion government interferes private property time factor determining existence vel non compensable taking see loretto teleprompter manhattan catv also relevant takings inquiry degree invasion intended foreseeable result authorized government action see john horstmann character land issue owner reasonable expectations regarding land use palazzolo rhode island well severity interference see penn central concluding flooding foreseeable case federal claims noted commission repeated complaints corps destructive impact successive planned deviations determined interference commission property severe government however challenged several trial factfindings including relating causation foreseeability substantiality amount damages federal circuit rested decision entirely temporary duration flooding address challenges remain open consideration remand pp reversed remanded ginsburg delivered opinion members joined except kagan took part consideration decision case opinion notice opinion subject formal revision publication preliminary print reports readers requested notify reporter decisions washington typographical formal errors order corrections may made preliminary print goes press arkansas game fish commission petitioner writ certiorari appeals federal circuit december justice ginsburg delivered opinion periodically army corps engineers corps authorized flooding extended peak growing season timber forest land owned managed petitioner arkansas game fish commission commission cumulative effect repeated flooding damaged destroyed million board feet timber disrupted ordinary use enjoyment commission property commission sought compensation pursuant fifth amendment instruction shall private property taken public use without compensation question presented whether taking may occur within meaning takings clause flood invasions although repetitive temporary ordinarily decisions confirm government action qualify taking permanently continued temporary actions character may also qualify taking instant case parties courts divided appropriate classification temporary flooding reversing judgment federal claims awarded compensation commission federal circuit held compensation may sought flooding permanent inevitably recurring condition rather inherently temporary situation disagree conclude recurrent floodings even finite duration categorically exempt takings clause liability commission owns dave donaldson black river wildlife management area management area area comprises acres along banks black river northeast arkansas management area forested multiple hardwood timber species support variety wildlife habitats commission operates management area wildlife hunting preserve also uses timber resource conducting regular harvests timber part efforts three types hardwood oak species nuttall overcup willow account percent trees management area presence hardwood oaks essential area character habitat migratory birds venue recreation hunting clearwater dam dam located miles upstream management area corps constructed dam shortly thereafter adopted plan known water control manual manual determine rates water released dam manual sets seasonally varying release rates permits planned deviations prescribed rates agricultural recreational purposes corps approved planned deviation response requests farmers september december corps released water dam slower rate usual providing downstream farmers longer harvest time result water usual accumulated clearwater lake behind dam reduce accumulation corps extended period high amount water released commission maintained extension yielded downstream flooding management area historical norms season runs april october corps released water rapidly fall accordance manual past practice waves flooding receded quickly lower rate release fall however extended period flooding well following spring summer deviation benefited farmers interfered management area season corps adopted similar deviations year record indicates decision deviate manual made independently year amount deviation varied span years nevertheless result unbroken string annual deviations manual deviation lowered rate water released fall necessitated extension release period following spring summer span years corps proposed manual revisions made temporary deviations part permanent plan multiple occasions commission objected temporary deviations opposed permanent revision manual ground departures traditional plan adversely impacted management area ultimately corps tested effect deviations management area thereupon abandoned proposal permanently revise manual ceased temporary deviations commission filed instant lawsuit claiming temporary deviations manual constituted taking property entitled commission compensation commission maintained deviations caused sustained flooding land season cumulative impact flooding period commission alleged resulted destruction timber management area substantial change character terrain necessitated costly reclamation measures following trial federal claims ruled favor commission issued opinion order containing detailed findings fact fed cl federal claims found forests management area healthy flourishing flooding occurred forests sustainably managed decades plan contained manual found commission repeatedly objected deviations manual alerted corps detrimental effect longer period flooding hardwood timber management area found federal claims flooding caused deviations contrasted markedly historical flooding patterns river level near management area reached six feet average days per year growing season number days even lower average clearwater dam built however river reached level average days per year increase percent historic average although management area lies floodplain previously recorded time span comparable flooding patterns occur evidence trial indicated half nuttall oaks management area saturated water river level six feet evidence indicated saturation soil around trees root systems persist weeks even flooding receded concluded corps deviations caused six consecutive years substantially increased flooding constituted appropriation commission property albeit temporary rather permanent one important conclusion emphasized deviations cumulative effect trees subject prolonged periods flooding year year reduced oxygen level soil considerably weakened trees root systems repeated annual flooding six years altered character property much greater extent shown harm caused one year flooding simply multiplied six moderate drought occurred trees root systems necessary sustain result words catastrophic mortality million board feet timber destroyed degraded damage altered character management area destruction trees led invasion undesirable plant species making natural regeneration forests improbable absence reclamation efforts determine measure compensation federal claims calculated value lost timber projected cost reclamation awarded commission million federal circuit reversed acknowledged general temporary government action may give rise takings claim permanent action character constitute taking held cases involving flooding flowage easements different flooding give rise taking claim federal circuit concluded flooding permanent inevitably recurring appeals understood conclusion dictated decisions sanguinetti cress granted certiorari resolve question whether government actions cause repeated floodings must permanent inevitably recurring constitute taking property ii takings clause designed bar government forcing people alone bear public burdens fairness justice borne public whole armstrong see also first english evangelical lutheran church glendale county los angeles penn central transp new york city hen government physically takes possession interest property public purpose categorical duty compensate former owner preservation council tahoe regional planning agency citing pewee coal guides fundamental takings clause jurisprudence recognized however magic formula enables judge every case whether given government interference property taking view nearly infinite variety ways government actions regulations affect property interests recognized invariable rules area true drawn bright lines notably rule permanent physical occupation property authorized government taking loretto teleprompter manhattan catv regulation permanently requires property owner sacrifice economically beneficial uses land lucas south carolina coastal council aside cases attended rules order takings claims turn factual inquiries see penn central mind turn question presented whether temporary flooding ever give rise takings claim first ruled flooding constitute taking pumpelly green bay wall wisconsin legislature authorized defendant build dam led creation lake permanently submerging plaintiff land defendant argued land taken government exercise right eminent domain acquire title affected property moreover defendant urged damage merely consequential result dam construction near plaintiff property rejecting crabbed reading takings clause held real estate actually invaded superinduced additions water earth sand material effectually destroy impair usefulness taking within meaning constitution following pumpelly recognized seasonally recurring flooding constitute taking cress involved government construction lock dam subjected plaintiff land intermittent inevitably recurring overflows held regularly recurring flooding gave rise takings claim less valid claim owner whose land continuously kept water furthermore decisions confirm takings temporary duration compensable principle solidly established world war ii era ondemnation indefinite periods occupancy took hold practical response uncertainties government needs wartime westinghouse elec mfg support war effort government took temporary possession many properties exercises government authority recognized qualified compensable temporary takings see pewee coal kimball laundry general motors notably relation question us takings claims approved cases confined instances government took outright physical possession property involved temporary takings claim maintained well government action occurring outside property gave rise direct immediate interference enjoyment use land causby frequent overflights nearby airport resulted taking flights deprived property owner customary use property chicken farm cf dickinson flooding claimant land taking even though claimant successfully reclaimed land government originally took flooding ever since rejected argument government action must permanent qualify taking government actions worked taking property subsequent action government relieve duty provide compensation period taking effective first english see also hold temporary nature restriction precludes finding effects taking simply recognize given exclusive significance one way flooding constitute taking property taking need permanent compensable precedent indicates flooding limited duration may compensable decision authorizes blanket exception takings clause jurisprudence decline create exception case iii advocating exception government relies primarily sanguinetti case involved canal constructed government connecting slough river claimant land positioned slough river canal year canal construction flood unprecedented severity caused canal overflow onto claimant land less severe flooding overflow occurred later years held taking facts outcome rested settled principles foreseeability causation emphasized government intend flood land reason expect result follow construction canal moreover property subject seasonal flooding prior construction canal landowner failed show causal connection canal increased flooding may well occasioned changes weather patterns see characterizing causal relationship asserted landowner purely conjectural features sufficient dispose property owner claim course sanguinetti decision however summarized prior flooding cases standing proposition order create enforceable liability government least necessary overflow direct result structure constitute actual permanent invasion land ibid government us extract statement definitive rule temporary taking caused floods read much word permanent appears nondispositive sentence sanguinetti case note decided well world war cases first english first homed matter compensation temporary takings time factor think renders understandable passing reference permanence indeed meant express general limitation takings clause limitation superseded subsequent developments jurisprudence certainly suggestion sanguinetti flooding cases set apart mine run takings claims sentence question composed summarize flooding cases encountered point unexceptionally involved permanent rather temporary flooding see cress lynah explained distinction permanent temporary flooding material result sanguinetti resist reading single sentence unnecessary decision done much work regard recall chief justice marshall sage observation general expressions every opinion taken connection case expressions used go beyond case may respected control judgment subsequent suit point presented decision cohens virginia wheat government also asserts loretto interpreted sanguinetti way federal circuit case assertion bears careful inspection section opinion loretto discussing permanent physical occupations parenthetically quotes sanguinetti statement flooding taking constitutes actual permanent invasion land first rule case law well statutory interpretation read later loretto opinion clarified scarcely intended adopt rule obscure means quoting parenthetically fragment opinion distinguished permanent physical occupations temporary invasions property expressly including flooding cases said temporary limitations subject complex balancing process determine whether taking thus solid grounding precedent setting flooding apart government intrusions property government presented persuasive reason primary argument penny pound genre reversing decision government worries risks disruption public works dedicated flood control passing flood attributable government operation project matter brief government hypothesizes might qualify compensable taking brief reject categorical bar takings claims however scarcely credit even many claims course incumbent courts weigh carefully relevant factors circumstances case instructed decisions see infra slippery slope argument note hardly novel unique flooding cases time takings clause cases heard prophecy recognizing compensation claim unduly impede government ability act public interest causby black dissenting loretto blackmun dissenting rejected argument deployed urge blanket exemptions fifth amendment instruction recognize importance public interests government advances case see categorically different interests stake myriad takings clause cases sky fall causby today modest decision augurs deluge takings liability tellingly government qualifies defense federal circuit exclusion flood invasions temporary takings analysis sensibly acknowledges taking might found sufficiently prolonged series nominally temporary substantively identical deviations brief concession tension categorical rule adopted appeals indeed recognized least repeated nonpermanent flooding amount taking property question presented us essentially answered flooding cases like takings cases assessed reference particular circumstances case resorting blanket exclusionary rules central eureka mining citing pennsylvania coal mahon see penn central oral argument government tendered different justification federal circuit judgment one aired courts barely hinted brief government filed whether damage permanent temporary damage downstream property however foreseeable collateral incidental aimed particular landowner therefore qualify occupation compensable takings clause tr oral arg brief indful review first view cutter wilkinson express opinion proposed distinction confine opinion issue explored decided federal circuit reason equipped address bearing arkansas law determination whether taking occurred includes consideration property owner distinct expectations matter often informed law force state property located lucas phillips washington legal foundation arkansas law examined federal circuit therefore properly pursued whether arguments distinction relevance arkansas law preserved whether merit questions appropriately addressed appeals remand see glover iv rule today simply flooding temporary duration gains automatic exemption takings clause inspection regulation temporary physical invasion government interferes private property decisions recognize time indeed factor determining existence vel non compensable taking see loretto temporary physical invasions assessed factual inquiry duration regulatory restriction factor consider national bd ymca temporary unplanned occupation building troops exigent circumstances taking also relevant takings inquiry degree invasion intended foreseeable result authorized government action see supra john horstmann takings liability damage caused government action foreseen see also ridge line ca fed chicago milwaukee paul pacific character land issue owner reasonable expectations regarding land use palazzolo rhode island example management area lies floodplain dam experienced flooding past trial found area exposed flooding comparable accumulations time span either prior construction dam see supra severity interference figures calculus well see penn central portsmouth harbor land hotel hile single act may enough continuance sufficient number sufficient time may prove taking every successive trespass adds force federal claims found flooding commission assails foreseeable regard noted commission repeated complaints corps destructive impact successive planned deviations water control manual determined interference commission property severe commission deprived customary use management area forest wildlife preserve bottomland hardwood forest turned time headwater swamp fed internal quotation marks omitted see supra government however challenged several trial factfindings including relating causation foreseeability substantiality amount damages federal circuit rested decision entirely temporary duration flooding address challenges earlier noted see supra preserved issues remain open consideration remand reasons stated judgment appeals federal circuit reversed case remanded proceedings consistent opinion ordered justice kagan took part consideration decision case footnotes arkansas water law barely discussed parties briefs see brief urged length brief amicus curiae filed professors law teaching property law water rights fields commission endeavoring reclaim land restoration program prospect reclamation however disqualify landowner receipt compensation taking dickinson