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Legal Citation: 505 U.S. 1003 (1992)

Petitioner
David H. Lucas

Respondent
South Carolina Coastal Council

Petitioner's Claim
The South Carolina State Beachfront Management Act deprived the petitioner of profitable use of his property by prohibiting construction of new dwellings on his parcels. Thus, it must compensate the petitioner.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
A. Camden Lewis

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
C. C. Harness III

Justices for the Court
Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia (writing for the Court), Clarence Thomas, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, David H. Souter, John Paul Stevens

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
29 June 1992

Decision
The Court ruled that the petitioner suffered...