7th Circuit - Takings - Riparian Rights So, if the government shoots down a Chinese balloon having the size of a supermarket and the debris lands on your property, do you have a takings claim? Well, who knows, but things seem to be getting interesting on that score and we do know that in the 7th Circuit if the government removes a dam and a property owner gets ticked off that what was once a pretty nice waterfront and is now more land and less waterfront, doesn't have a takings claim. The gist is this - dam created a lake of sorts that covered some 15 feet of the property owner's land and now rather than water, the land is exposed. So, the property owner sues for a taking. I've got to admit that I've seen the reverse and courts seem to hold that the increased water coverage is a taking, but now we know that once the fluid has been removed - no taking. KREUZIGER vs. Milwaukee County, processWebInputExternal.pl (uscourts.gov)<https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/OpinionsWeb/processWebInputExternal.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2023/D02-13/C:22-2489:J:Sykes:aut:T:fnOp:N:3001221:S:0> Charles W. Thompson, Jr. Of Counsel P: (202) 466-5424 x7110 M: (240) 876-6790 D: (202) 742-1016 [facebook icon]<https://www.facebook.com/InternationalMunicipalLawyersAssociation/>[twitter icon]<https://twitter.com/imlalegal>[linkedin icon]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> [logo]<https://imla.org/> 51 Monroe St. Suite 404 Rockville, MD, 20850 www.imla.org<http://www.imla.org/> Plan Ahead! IMLA's 2022 Mid-Year Seminar<https://imla.org/seminars/>, April 8-11, 2022 in Washington, D.C.! IMLA's 2022 Annual<https://imla.org/annual-conference/> Conference, October 19-23, 2022 in Portland, OR! Check out our On-Demand webinar library<https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/shopping/shopping.aspx?site=imla&webcode=shopping&cart=0&shopsearchCat=Merchandise&productCat=Webinar> with 100+ webinars at your fingertips.