United States Fourth Circuit

In suit for just compensation for an alleged regulatory taking in the form of outlawing video gaming machines in South Carolina, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff has not proven taking without just compensation through a state court procedure; and 2) plaintiff lacks a valid constitutional claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/03/2007
• Published 07/03/2007

Judges

• Before WIDENER, WILKINSON, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Roger J. Marzulla, Marzulla & Marzulla, Washington, DC, for Appellants.  Robert Holmes Hood, Hood Law Firm, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Nancie G. Marzulla, Marzulla & Marzulla, Washington, DC, for Appellants.  James B. Hood, Deborah H. Sheffield, Hood Law Firm, Charleston, South Carolina;  Henry D. McMaster, South Carolina Attorney General, C. Havird Jones, Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.