Consider the case of Lucas versus South Carolina Coast Council (1991). You can read about the case here but you need to scroll down a bit.

a. Who was Lucas and what was he arguing?

b. What was the position of South Carolina Coast Council?

C. To what extent did the Supreme Court argue that a taking had occurred?

d. What was the argument of the Justices that dissented? Why might these Justices be concerned that applying the Takings Clause of the Constitution goes too far?