Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1992-06-29

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*1006 Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court. In 1986, petitioner David H. Lucas paid $976,000 for two residential lots on the Isle of Palms in Charleston County, *1007 South Carolina, on which he intended to build single-family homes. In 1988, however, the South Carolina Legislature…

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