DAVID H. LUCAS v. SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL COUNCIL (1992) - Ballotpedia

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DAVID H. LUCAS v. SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL COUNCIL

Term: 1991
Important Dates
Argued: March 2, 1992
Decided: June 29, 1992
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas • Byron White
Concurring
Anthony Kennedy
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

DAVID H. LUCAS v. SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL COUNCIL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 29, 1992. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1992.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the South Carolina State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
Petitioner: Real estate developer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State department or agency
Respondent state: South Carolina
Citation: 505 U.S. 1003
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Antonin Scalia

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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