John S. Herrington David S. Herrington Quail Hill Ranch v. County of Sonoma, John S. Herrington David S. Herrington, and Quail Hill Ranch Co., a Partnership v. County of Sonoma, John S. Herrington David S. Herrington Quail Hill Ranch v. County of Sonoma

12 F.3d 901 27 Fed.R.Serv.3d 1038 John S. HERRINGTON; David S. Herrington; Quail Hill Ranch, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF SONOMA, Defendant-Appellee. John S. HERRINGTON; David S. Herrington, and Quail Hill Ranch Co., a partnership, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY of SONOMA, Defendant-Appellee. John S. HERRINGTON; David S. Herrington; Quail Hill Ranch, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY of SONOMA, Defendant-Appellee. Nos. 92-15834, 92-16915 and 92-17012. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 13, 1993. Decided Dec. 28, 1993. Frederik A. Jacobsen, San Mateo, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants. Michael D. Senneff, Senneff, Kelly, Kimelman & Beach, Santa Rosa, CA, argued (Stephen K. Butler, Clement, Fitzpatrick & Kenworthy, on brief), for defendant-appellee. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before: CHOY, HUG and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. LEAVY, Circuit Judge: 1 The owners and would-be developers of a tract of California real estate appeal from various rulings of the district court in a long-running dispute arising out of a local government's rejection of a proposed housing development. For…