COLUMBIA VENTURE, LLC v. RICHLAND COUNTY

No. 27563.

413 S.C. 423 (2015)

776 S.E.2d 900

COLUMBIA VENTURE, LLC, Appellant, v. RICHLAND COUNTY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 12, 2015.

Rehearing Denied October 9, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manton M. Grier , James Y. Becker , and Elizabeth Halligan Black , all of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA, of Columbia, for appellant.

M. McMullen Taylor , of Mullen Taylor, LLC, of Columbia, Pope D. Johnson, III , of Johnson & Barnette, LLP, of Columbia, and John D. Echeverria , of South Royalton, Vermont, for respondent.

John S. Nichols , of Bluestein Nichols Thompson and Delgado, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae, The Association of State Floodplain Managers, Inc.; Robert E. Lyon, Jr. , John K. DeLoache , Alexander White Smith and James Ferguson Knox, all of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae, South Carolina Association of Counties.


Appellant Columbia Venture, LLC, purchased 4,461 acres of land along the eastern bank of the Congaree River in Richland County, intending to develop the property. Columbia Venture knew at the time of the purchase that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was in the process of revising the area flood maps and designating...

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