City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Monterey, Ltd.

This ease began with attempts by respondent Del Monte Dunes and its predecessor in interest to develop a parcel of land within the jurisdiction of the petitioner, the *694city of Monterey. The city, in a series of repeated rejections, denied proposals to develop the property, each time imposing more rigorous demands on the developers. Del Monte Dunes brought suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, under Rev. Stat. § 1979, 42 U. S. C. § 1988. After protracted litigation, the ease was submitted to the jury on Del Monte Dunes’ theory that the city effected a…