Legal Opinion
Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided February 11, 1991No. 23342PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Toal, Justice:
This appeal concerns whether the enforcement and application of the 1988 Beachfront Management Act to the plaintiff-respondent’s property is a taking of such property without just compensation.
FACTS
David H. Lucas, the respondent, owns two vacant oceanfront lots in the Beachwood East Subdivision of the Wild Dunes development on the Isle of Palms in Charleston County, South Carolina. The Beachfront Management Act, S.C. Code Ann. § 48-39-10 et seq. (1989 Cum. Supp.) (here*378inafter referred to as “Act”) limits construction within the beach/dune system in a critical area, as defined by…
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