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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Johnson finds that the farmers did not show their equal protection rights were violated when they applied for their borrow pit permit from the Plaquemines Parish Government. The farmers claim they lost almost $1 million because the parish prevented them from excavating 324,000 cubic yards of clay to be used in a levee construction. In this case, the farmers did not establish how they were treated differently from other borrow pit operators, despite being the only operators required to backfill for having their borrow pit exceed ten acres. Further, the farmers do not show that an unconstitutional taking took place because the property had been used for other economically beneficial purposes such as a farm. The farmers were still able to make a profit by excavating some of the clay from their property after submitting their second borrow pit application. Affirmed.