Milton v. United States

Case: 21-1131 Document: 127 Page: 1 Filed: 07/11/2022 United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ July 11, 2022 ERRATA ______________________ Appeal Nos. 2021-1131, 2021-1132, 2021-1133, 2021-1134, 2021-1135, 2021-1136, 2021-1137, 2021-1138, 2021-1139, 2021-1140, 2021-1142, 2021-1143, 2021-1144, 2021-1145, 2021-1146, 2021-1147, 2021-1148, 2021-1151, 2021-1152, 2021-1155, 2021-1157, 2021-1159, 2021-1161, 2021-1162, 2021-1163, 2021-1164, 2021-1165, 2021-1167, 2021-1171, 2021-1172, 2021-1173, 2021-1174, 2021-1175, 2021-1176, 2021-1177, 2021-1178, 2021-1184, 2021-1186, 2021-1187, 2021-1188, 2021-1189, 2021-1190, 2021-1192, 2021-1193, 2021-1195, 2021-1196, 2021-1197, 2021-1198, 2021-1199, 2021-1200, 2021-1201, 2021-1204, 2021-1205, 2021-1206, 2021-1207, 2021-1208, 2021-1214, 2021-1215, 2021-1216, 2021-1217, 2021-1218, 2021-1220, 2021-1221, 2021-1222, 2021-1223, 2021-1224, 2021-1225, 2021-1230, 2021-1231, 2021-1232, 2021-1233, 2021-1234, 2021-1237, 2021-1238, 2021-1239, 2021-1240, 2021-1241, 2021-1242, 2021-1243, 2021-1244, 2021-1250, 2021-1251, 2021-1252, 2021-1253, 2021-1254, 2021-1255, 2021-1256, 2021-1268, 2021-1269, 2021-1270, 2021-1271, 2021-1272, 2021-1273, 2021-1274, 2021-1275, 2021-1276, 2021-1277, 2021-1279, 2021-1280, 2021-1281, 2021-1282, 2021-1283, 2021-1284, 2021-1285, 2021-1286, 2021-1287, 2021-1288, 2021-1289, 2021-1290, 2021-1291, 2021-1293, 2021-1294, 2021-1295, 2021-1296, 2021-1302, 2021-1303, 2021-1304, 2021-1305, 2021-1306, 2021-1307, 2021-1308, 2021-1309, 2021-1310, 2021-1311, 2021-1312, 2021-1313, 2021-1314, 2021-1315, 2021-1316, 2021-1317, 2021-1318, 2021-1319, 2021-1320, 2021-1322, Case: 21-1131 Document: 127 Page: 2 Filed: 07/11/2022 2 MILTON v. US 2021-1324, 2021-1325, 2021-1335, 2021-1336, 2021-1337, 2021-1338, 2021-1339, 2021-1341, 2021-1394, 2021-1398, 2021-1403, 2021-1404, 2021-1405, 2021-1406, 2021-1407, 2021-1427, 2021-1429, 2021-1431, 2021-1444, 2021-1455, 2021-1464, 2021-1465, 2021-1467, 2021-1468, 2021-1472, 2021-1479, 2021-1481, 2021-1482, 2021-1483, 2021-1492, 2021-1494, 2021-1499, 2021-1513, 2021-1529, 2021-1539, 2021-1540, 2021-1541, 2021-1847, 2021-1889, 2021-1890, 2021-1891, 2021-1894, 2021-1947, 2021-2047 ______________________ VIRGINIA MILTON AND ARNOLD MILTON, ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND ALL OTHER SIMILARLY SITUATED PERSONS, ET AL., Plaintiffs-Appellants TRAVELERS EXCESS AND SURPLUS LINES COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee ______________________ Decided: June 2, 2022 Precedential Opinion ______________________ Please make the following change to page 14 of the panel opinion: In other words, we leave it for the lower court to consider: (1) whether Appellants have shown that a temporary taking occurred under the test appli- cable to flooding cases, Ark. Game & Fish Comm’n v. United States, 568 U.S. 23, 39 (2012); (2) whether Case: 21-1131 Document: 127 Page: 3 Filed: 07/11/2022 MILTON v. US 3 Appellants have established causation when con- sidering “the impact of the entirety of government actions that address the relevant risk,” St. Bernard Par. Gov’t v. United States, 887 F.3d 1354, 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2018), cert. denied 139 S. Ct. 796 (2019); and (3) whether the Government can invoke the ne- cessity doctrine as a defense. is changed to: In other words, we leave it for the lower court to consider: (1) whether Appellants have shown that a temporary taking occurred under the test appli- cable to flooding cases, Ark. Game & Fish Comm’n v. United States, 568 U.S. 23, 39 (2012); (2) whether Appellants have shown that a permanent taking occurred; (3) whether Appellants have established causation when considering “the impact of the en- tirety of government actions that address the rele- vant risk,” St. Bernard Par. Gov’t v. United States, 887 F.3d 1354, 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2018), cert. denied 139 S. Ct. 796 (2019); and (4) whether the Govern- ment can invoke the necessity doctrine as a de- fense.