Government powers
Inverse condemnation
An owner’s action forcing government to pay for property it has effectively taken
Eminent domain run backwards. Government has filed no condemnation case, but its action — flooding land, cutting off access, regulating a parcel into uselessness — has taken the property in substance, and the owner sues to be paid for it.
How the exam asks about it
The direction of the lawsuit is the whole item. In condemnation the government moves first; in inverse condemnation the owner does.
Quick check: Inverse condemnation
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Which term is being defined: “An owner’s action forcing government to pay for property it has effectively taken”?
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