Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council, 505 U.S. 1003, 4 (1992)

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LUCAS v. SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL COUNCIL

Opinion of the Court

Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1986, petitioner David H. Lucas paid $975,000 for two residential lots on the Isle of Palms in Charleston County,

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