Fact Pattern 8-1 Jill Recently Inherited Money from Her Old Aunt Maude. Jill

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Fact Pattern 8-1
Jill recently inherited money from her old aunt Maude. Jill decided to buy beach-front property in Beaufort, South Carolina. Jill's new property consists of 3 acres of land, with direct access to the ocean. When she bought the land there is no home on it, but she wants to build a beach home in the future. A year after she bought the lovely lot, the city of Beaufort rezones the land, prohibiting any building so that other residents can enjoy the view.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 8-1. If, as a result of its new ordinance, the city of Beaufort causes Jill's property to be worth $1.1 million instead of the $1.5 million she paid for it:

• A) the city will have to pay Jill just compensation
• B) the city will have to give Jill other property
• C) Jill will have to deed her property to the city
• D) Jill will have to sign over her due process rights
• E) Jill is out of luck

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