Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council
ELR Citation: ELR 20837 No(s). 23342 (S.C. Feb 11, 1991)
The court holds that the South Carolina Beachfront Management Act's prohibition of the construction of any permanent structure seaward of a setback line did not work a taking without just compensation of respondent landowner's use of two vacant oceanfront lots. The lower court found that a regulator...