SEA CABINS v. CITY OF NORTH MYRTLE BEACH

No. 25307.

345 S.C. 418 (2001)

548 S.E.2d 595

SEA CABINS ON THE OCEAN IV HOMEOWNERS ASSOCITION, INC., Grand Strand Realty, Gerald W. Arney, Mary P. Arney, Bobby McLean, Thelma McLean, Thomas P. Woodruff, Virginia C. Woodruff, Ronald L. Peck, Philip H. Morris, Linda M. Morris, Jack L. Tyson, Shirley S. Tyson, Timmy R. Helms, Thomas Minton, Frank R. Buoniconti, Jeanne L. Buoniconti, Robert A. DeSimone, Jim F. Moore, Jo Mingas Moore, William R. Kennedy, Jr., Hilda B. Kennedy, Steve A. Brock, Gary W. Alphin, W.F. Tugwell, Jr., Ronald D. Hall, Bath Investments Properties, c/o Thomas Myers, David L. Saunders, Ray A. Bolick, Nancy P. Bolick, Elizabeth Kandler Elliott f/k/a Elizabeth A. Kandler, Jimmy L. Love, Etta Love, Charles A. Ginardi, Carol W. Ginardi, Russell L. Pinkelton, R. Steve Metcalf, Ray E. Jennings, L. Derek Herring, William P. Brown, J.P. Batten, Jr., Tony Sherrill, Carolyn H. Sherrill, Joseph M. Baker, Martha K. Baker, Don Ferrell, Nancy C. Williamson, Alan H. Branan, Francis G. Logue, Patricia J. Logue, Dominick Mauriello Trust f/k/a Dominick Mauriello and Marjorie Mauriello, John W. Blake, Sharon D. Blake, Bobby Young, Forrest D. Bricker, Robert E. Sease, Jane A. Sease, Howard E. Virkler, Macy L. Hoyle (died 9/13/90), Jane Brendel, Richard Brendel, Stacy Jean Snyder, Fred M. Snyder, Joyce Snyder, Daniel E. Wilson, Wanda M. Wilson, Bobby J. Garrison, Barbara S. Garrison, Hambry Brothers, Inc., Vera G.M. Hankin, Sarah S. McLean, A.F. McLean, Jr. (as trustee for William H. McLean), Estate of Sarah S. McLean f/k/a Sarah S. McLean, Mellon Bank, Phillips E. Powell, Diane F. Powell, Joseph A. Galiano, Denise Galiano, Vincient and Catherine Pastore, Vincient, Jennifer, and Deigo Monticciolo, Charles H. Hammond, J.E. Bobbit, Jr., Wallace Webster Quate, Jr., William Maegruder, Peggy Maegruder, George W. Joyce, Sara Murray Joyce, Reggie Keith Safrit, Martha Stirewalt Safrit, Beach Properties/Linwood Jackson/James R. Bullock, Jr., Frankwell, a partnership, Edward C. McGimsey, Partner c/o Morganton Hardware Co., James J. Linden, Alice C. Linden, Kirkland P. Broom, Ann S. Broom, John R. Henderson, Mary Ann Henderson, James T. Grier, Janet R. Grier, Emma H. Valentine, Francisco Valentine, Johnny C. Whitmore, Emma G. Whitmore, Guy A. Walters, Jr., Ann H. Walters, Felder W. West, Jack N. Morris, John E. Varol, Ralph V. Varol, Garland J. Candle, Tony R. Craven, Doloris Craven, Grady Oliver, Carol Oliver, Robert C. Barry, Jr., Jimmie R. Foxx, Eva V. Lewis, Richardo F. Cecchini, Nilda E. Cecchini, Anthony P. Sapienza, Anne M. Sapienza, Clyde R. Randal, Jean M. Randal, Bernard J. Milano, Mary N. Milano c/o PMM Company, David Steele Jarrett, Kathy Saunders Jarrett, Charles Weir, James Vernon Gross, Dorothy D. Gross, David R. Eva, Judith E. Eva, Estate of Sara S. McLean f/k/a Sara S. McLean, Richard V. Adams, Sherrell Dennis Hedrick, Galileo D. Casquejo, Thomas M. Clayton, Linda B. Clayton, Russell L. Pinkelton, Judy Pinkelton, Stan Halpern, William D. Powell, Patsy Powell, Jerry L. Calvert, Ruth C. Calvert, W.B. Seddinger, Edward Bell, Jr., Mary Lee M. Bell, Myles G. Keery, Sabra L. Keery, Fleming, Francis & Associates, Burl Kenneth Flemming, Alma Jean Flemming, David Frances, Betty L. Frances, c/o Mr. David L. Frances, Larry Peak, James R. McCracken, Max R. Schmidt, Alice V. Schmidt, Delores Randall, Hambry Brothers Concrete, Inc., Richard Link, Ray W. Welsh, Wendy C. Welsh, Bobby L. Tuttle, Thomas T. Archer, Martha C. Archer, Ted D. Fuller, Nancy K. Fuller, Danny Edwards, Sandra Edwards, Edwin T. Yarborough, Suzanne C. Yarborough, Epworth Children's Home, Dr. A.W. Macklin, James A. Pierce, III, c/o Marietta Pallet Company, E. Wayne Harper, Brabston B. Harper, John G. Hansen, Richard V. Adams, James H. Kirk, Agnes C. Kirk, W. James Dubose, Henry Voznick, Jean H. Voznick, Thomas F. Conn, Madeline Conn, Arlon O. Jones, Charles E. Ramsey, John M. McCoy, Gerald L. Fowler, William R. McAdams, Jerry E. Moats, Fowler Moats, Inc., Chester F. D'Agostina, Janis R. D'Agostina, Wall-Johnson, Leon W. Wall, Joyce B. Wall, A. Gray Johnson, Jo Ann R. Johnson, JerryMcKee, Donna McKee, James E. Messick, Jr., Jean M. Messick, Arnold M. Schwartz, Janice M. Schwartz, Jing Ming Liu, Ellie Y. Lao, Warren Heiser, Mary Ann Heiser, Earl R. Betts, Jr., Carol A. Betts, John R. Stass, Barbara J. Stass, Hardiena J. Smith, as personal representative of William B. Smith, Jack M. Ladford, Ila L. Carver, Walter W. Little, Doris H. Russ, Kenneth F. Spainhour, Carolina A. Spainhour, John R. Spies, Alice L. Spies, Randall David Torcasi, Robert Q. Yeckley, Carl S. Sigmon, Louie O. Lavender, Jr., Noble Vaughn, Jr., Cornelia L. Vaughn, Larry D. Procter, Kara P. Procter, Roy L. Lynam, Donna A. Lynam, Jeffrey Huber, Deborah J. Huber, Emmett Floyd, Kathy Floyd, James Russell Millner, Donald C. Winterich, Richard R. Steinke, Lewis B. Keener, LaFayette F. Decker, Cecelia M. Decker, Anthony L. Buoniconti, Margaret A. Buoniconti, Calvin L. Palmer, Jr., Rosie B. Palmer, Duane Knight, Sharon G. Knight, W. Glenn Jenkins, Charm House Design, Stephen L. Nader, William O. Reeside, Jane S. Reeside, Michael Ray, Cynthia N. Ray, Don A. Ray, Eleanor J. Ray, Cranston Blanks, Jr., Margaret L. Blanks, J.R. Gibbons, Gladys Gibbons, R.M. Glasscox, Cheryl Glasscox, Haracio P. and Martha A. Moreno-Compos, Gerald V. Hull, Emma J. Hull, James B. Davenport, Carolina Land Company, George E. Wells, Robert W. Braam, Maurice W. Brady, Ronald Bittles, Florence Bittles, David Whitley, Michael G. Carovillano, Judith A. Carovillano, John Petrozzi, Thomas F. Murtha, Dorothy A. Murtha, John F. Quinn, Jane H. Quinn, Presbyterian College c/o Bailey Bank, George W. Wilson, Mark Wilson, Donald M. Bryant, Sandra B. Bryant, Jack Holsclaw, Mary H. Clarke, Valerie H. McRary, Gene S. Clarke, Thomas B. McRary, c/o Skyland Furniture Shoppe, Gerald W. Edmonds, Doris A. Edmonds, Jack S. Brown, Talma L. Brown, David T. McLaughlin, Carol H. McLaughlin, Harry Whitener, Eva S. Whitener, William J. Brennan, Gracia BJ. Brennan, Jerry R. Sutherland, Jo Ann Sutherland, L.D. Austin Company, Randolph Jones, Frances Jones, Seigfried Abrahams, Harold Langenderfer, Joan M. Langenderfer, Delbert L. and Marianne C. Wolcott, William B. Seddinger, William Harnett, W. Nelson Lewis, Barbara Craven, Helen, Gene, Lance & Teresia Maye, R.A. Elmore, III, Judy A. Elmore, Rodney Thompson, Mark Cosgrove, Evelyn Cosgrove, Robert Brown, Danny G. Turner, Elaine M. Turner, Harry Anedisian, Louise I. Anedisian, Ferrel G. Camp, Joyce A. Camp, Ruth Fridinger, Stephen C. Cesar, Bonnie L. Cesar, John C. Sanders, Ann Marie Sanders, John R. McClure, Rebecca D. McClure, Jay Elliott Gordon, Faye H. Gordon, Gene S. Edmonds, Helen E. Edmonds, F. Bruce Pearch, Florence Pearch, Carl Spahn, Jr., Debra A. Spahn, Ralph J. DeFillips, Dorothy J. Phillips, Mary R. Trogden, Linda S. Toleno, Sally Davis, Stanley L. Smith, Doris H. Smith, Gerald W. Krimminger, Joyce A. Krimminger, Anthony P. Sapienza, Anne M. Sapienza, Daniel P. Mageras, Janet A. Mageras, Earl Downing, Sharon B. Downing, Robert V. Steele, Lori Steele, B.L. Sizemore, D. Ann Sizemore, Roger W. Huffman, Patricia W. Huffman, John W. O'Connor, James W. McMaster, Lana McMaster, Thomas L. Herb, Joy V. Herb, James W. McArthur, Theodore M. Cooley, Ralph W. Pope, Wallace H. Burgess, Gordon McCoy, Mary J. McCoy, John F. Barna, John Capito, Jr., Margaret B. Capito, Harry W. Wayne, David A. Dunlap, Elizabeth Stover, Americo R. Caggiano, Viola Catherine Caggiano, W.B. Seddinger, Reggie K. Safrit, Lori Anne Boyle, Linda Boyle, Fredrick J. Saleeby, Reid S. Saleeby, John G. Underwood, Jr., M/M Edward Gregory, Johnny T. Gregory, Randy S. Hammett, DPS Investment, Francis Feltham, Thomas and Eunice Kirby, Joseph Jengehino, Maryann J. Jengehino, Allan Warrington, Greenville Progressive Womens Investment Club, Robert A. Jackson, Richard Arvonio, Cherry Grove Sales, Inc., Frederick S. Carter, and Patsy S. Carter, Petitioners, v. CITY OF NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 11, 2001.

Rehearing Denied July 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newman Jackson Smith, of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Charleston, for petitioners.

Andrew F. Lindemann and William H. Davidson, II, of Davidson, Morrison and Lindemann, P.A., and W. Cliff Moore, III, of Ellis, Lawhorne and Sims, P.A., of Columbia, for respondent.


BURNETT, Justice:

Petitioners Sea Cabins on the Ocean IV Homeowners Association, Inc., et al., (Sea Cabins) brought this inverse condemnation action against Respondent City of North Myrtle Beach (City) alleging certain "affirmative and aggressive actions" by City constituted an unconstitutional temporary taking of their private pier for public use without compensation in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, § 13 of...

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