Established the "total takings" test, i.e. has the owner been deprived of all possible beneficial use of the property, in determining whether a regulation limiting use of the property constitutes a regulatory taking. Decided June 29, 1992 (argued March 2, 1992). Opinion of the Court: Antonin Scalia → go there Dissenting: Blackmun, Stevens. Applied: the Fifth Amendment → go there Applied: the Fourteenth Amendment → go there Topic: Takings Clause. Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council, 505 U.S. 1003 (1992), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States established the "total takings" test for evaluating whether a particular regulatory action constitutes a regulatory taking that requires compensation. Wiki link