 Loretto petitioned the Supreme Court for "certiorari", which was granted by the U.S. Supreme Court.The Court addressed the issue of whether Manhattan Teleprompter's minor but permanent physical occupation of Loretto's property constitutes a physical taking of property for which just compensation is due under the Fifth Amendment, as incorporated against the states by the Fourteenth Amendment.Loretto argued that Manhattan Teleprompter's minor but permanent physical occupation of Loretto's property was a trespass.