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Argued March 2, 1992.
Decided June 29, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
A. Camden Lewis argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Gerald M. Finkel and David J. Bederman.
C. C. Harness III argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were T. Travis Medlock, Attorney General of South Carolina, Kenneth P. Woodington, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Richard J. Lazarus.*
Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and White, O'Connor, and Thomas, JJ., joined. Kennedy, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, p. 1032. Blackmun, J., p. 1036, and Stevens, J., p. 1061, filed dissenting opinions. Souter, J., filed a separate statement, p. 1076.
United States Supreme Court.
Justice Scalia, delivered the opinion of the Court.
In 1986, petitioner David H. Lucas paid $975,000 for two residential lots on the Isle of Palms in Charleston County, South Carolina, on which he intended to build single-family homes. In 1988, however, the South Carolina Legislature enacted the Beachfront Management Act, S. C. Code Ann. § 48-39-250 et seq. (Supp. 1990...
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