Supreme Court of Florida

In an action alleging an unconstitutional taking of private land in a beach-restoration project, affirmation of an order issuing a permit to proceed with the restoration is quashed where the Beach and Shore Preservation Act on its face did not unconstitutionally deprive upland owners of littoral rights without just compensation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/29/2008
• Published 09/29/2008

Judges

• BELL, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas G. Pelham, Special Counsel, Tallahassee, Florida, Hala A. Sandridge of Fowler, White, Boggs, and Banker, P.A., Tampa, Florida, and Kenneth J. Plante, Wilbur E. Brewton, Kelly B. Plante, and Tana D. Storey of Roetzel and Andress, L.P.A., Tallahassee, Florida;  Scott Makar, Solicitor General, Tallahassee, Florida;  Thomas M. Beason, General Counsel, Teresa L. Mussetto and L. Kathryn Funchess, Senior Assistant General Counsels, Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioners., Linda Loomis Shelley of Fowler, White, Boggs, and Banker, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, on behalf of Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association;  Kenneth J. Plante, Wilbur E. Brewton, Kelly B. Plante, and Tana D. Storey of Roetzel and Andress, LPA, Tallahassee, Florida, on behalf of Florida Association of Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc.;  Gary K. Oldehoff and David M. Pearce on behalf of Florida Association of Counties and Florida League of Cities;  Victoria L. Weber of Hopping, Green and Sams, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, and Keith Hetrick, General Counsel, Florida Home Builders Association, Tallahassee, Florida, on behalf of Florida Home Builders Association;  Steven Geoffrey Gieseler and Valerie A. Fernandez, Coral Gables, Florida, on behalf of Pacific Legal Foundation, As Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dan R. Stengle, Richard S. Brightman, and D. Kent Safriet of Hopping, Green, and Sams, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, for Respondent.