People v. Mistretta

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• “Only when the landowner establishes a prima facie case by presenting evidence of sufficient quality and weight to permit the trier of fact to decide in his favor does the State have any burden at all .... ” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “A landowner who claims that land regulation has effected a taking of his property bears the heavy burden of overcoming the presumption of constitutionality that attaches to the regulation and of proving every element of his claim beyond a reasonable doubt”

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