Yeah that was their defense back in the '80s too https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/587/631/1753166/ https://law.justia.com/cases/federa

Yeah that was their defense back in the '80s too https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/587/631/1753166/ https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/5... > At the heart of the complaint is the contention that, although a temporary water moratorium is one thing, an "emergency" lasting twelve years is a taking. They allege that it is the unlawful duration of the moratorium which constitutes the continuing wrong. Note: This was written in 1983~4, so it's now been an "emergency" lasting fifty years :)