Legal Opinion

Stevens v. City of Cannon Beach

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 21, 1994No. 93-496Published

1Opinion of the Court

510 U.S. 1207

Stevens et al.

v.

City of Cannon Beach et al.

No. 93-496.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 21, 1994.

Appeal from the Sup. Ct. Ore.

Certiorari denied. Reported below: 317 Ore. 131, 854 P. 2d 449.

2DissentJustice Scalia, joined by Justice O'Connor

1

This is a suit by owners of a parcel of beachfront property against the city of Cannon Beach and the State of Oregon. Petitioners purchased the property in 1957. In 1989, they sought a building permit for construction of a seawall on the dry-sand portion of the property. When the permit was denied, they brought this inverse condemnation action against the city in the Circuit Court of…

3Cases cited13 opinions

  1. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  2. Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  3. Nollan v. California Coastal CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Kaiser Aetna v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. Webb's Fabulous Pharmacies, Inc. v. BeckwithSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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