
Legal Environment 5th Edition by Jeffrey Beatty,Susan Samuelson
Edition 5ISBN: 978-1133587491
Legal Environment 5th Edition by Jeffrey Beatty,Susan Samuelson
Edition 5ISBN: 978-1133587491 Exercise 9
David Lucas paid $975,000 for two residential lots on the Isle of Palms near Charleston, South Carolina. He intended to build houses on them. Two years later, the South Carolina legislature passed a statute that prohibited building seaward of a certain line, and Lucas's property fell in the prohibited zone. Lucas claimed that his land was now useless and that South Carolina owed him its value. Explain his claim. Should he win?
Explanation
Under the Takings Clause, the government...
Legal Environment 5th Edition by Jeffrey Beatty,Susan Samuelson
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