S.C. WILDLIFE FEDERATION v. S.C. COASTAL COUNCIL

22897

296 S.C. 187 (1988)

371 S.E.2d 521

SOUTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE FEDERATION, Sierra Club and the League of Women Voters of Georgetown County, Appellants v. SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL COUNCIL, and Litchfield-By-The-Sea, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Chandler, Jr., of Chandler & Andrews, Columbia, for appellants.

Ellison D. Smith, IV, and E. Jeannette Heyward, both of Smith and Bundy, Charleston, for respondent South Carolina Coastal Council.

Charles T. Smith, of the McNair Law Firm, Georgetown, for respondent Litchfield-By-The-Sea.

W. Hogan Brown, Michael N. Couick, David M. Barden and John D. Geathers, Columbia, for Senators John C. Hayes, III, and Herbert U. Fielding, amicus curiae.

Samuel H. Carter, Carolyn M. Adams and Susan O. McNamee, Columbia, and Helen T. McFadden, Florence, for Representatives H.E. Pearce, Jr., and R. Linwood Altman, amicus curiea.


Heard June 7, 1988.

Decided August 8, 1988.

GREGORY, Chief Justice:

Appellants commenced this action to contest the validity of a certification by respondent Coastal Council for a residential development project proposed by respondent Litchfield-By-The-Sea. The circuit court found the certification valid. We reverse.

Litchfield's project involves dredging a canal through freshwater wetlands in order to create waterfront residential lots and...

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