Whiting v. Merrill Lynch & Co.

How courts have described this case

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• takings plaintiff has “heavy burden” of showing that compliance with local ordinances would be futile
• considering contiguous parcels one unit unless landowner met burden showing that development plans for each would be zoned differently
• “A police power regulation is not invalid simply because it prevents the highest and best use of the land.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).