 Eventually, the Rhode Island Supreme Court rejected his claims.Petitioner Palazzolo sought reversal of Rhode Island courts' judgments, and the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari.The Court addressed whether the Rhode Island Supreme Court erred in holding that Petitioner did not have standing to claim a regulatory taking because he acquired the property after the enactment of regulations, and that Petitioner did not endure a total taking because some of the parcel remains economically usable.