Legal Opinion
Palazzolo v. Rhode Island
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 28, 2001No. 99-2047PublishedCited by 827 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
Petitioner Anthony Palazzolo owns a waterfront parcel of land in the town of Westerly, Rhode Island. Almost all of the property is designated as coastal wetlands under Rhode Island law. After petitioner’s development proposals were rejected by respondent Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (Council), he sued in state court, asserting the Council’s application of its wetlands regulations took the property without compensation in violation of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment, binding upon the State through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Petitioner…
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