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Legal Citation: 483 U.S. 825 (1987)

Appellant
James and Marilyn Nollan

Appellee
California Coastal Commission

Appellant's Claim
That a stipulation by the California Coastal Commission, whereby the appellant was required to grant the public an easement to pass across their beachfront property, constituted a violation of the Takings Clause in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Robert K. Best

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Andrea Sheridan Ordin, Chief Assistant Attorney General of California

Justices for the Court
Sandra Day O'Connor, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia (writing for the Court), Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, John Paul Stevens

Place
Washington, D.C.

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