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Stone v. City of Wilton
Supreme Court of Iowa (1983) | 331 N.W.2d 398; 1983 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1433
TL;DR: Landowners challenged a city's rezoning of their property from multi-family to single-family residential, arguing it was an unconstitutional taking and that they had vested rights. The court upheld the rezoning, finding no vested rights and no taking.
Legal Significance: Establishes that mere preliminary expenditures and plans, without substantial construction, do not create vested rights in a zoning classification sufficient to invalidate a subsequent, otherwise valid, rezoning ordinance or constitute a regulatory taking.