American Aggregates Corp. v. Highland Township

Plaintiff, American Aggregates Corporation, an Ohio corporation, owns an 824-acre tract of land located in the defendant Township of Highland in Oakland County. On February 27, 1975, plaintiff submitted a written application to the Highland Township Board for rezoning of its property from "A-l General Agriculture” to "M-E Extractive Industrial” in order to allow mining of sand and gravel. After plaintiff resubmitted an alternative rezoning application for only four hundred acres of its property, defendant township board voted to deny the applications. On August 25, 1977, plaintiff filed suit…