GRAHAM v. ESTUARY PROPERTIES, INC.

No. 58485.

399 So.2d 1374 (1981)

Bob GRAHAM, et al., Petitioners, v. ESTUARY PROPERTIES, INC., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied June 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Kendrick Tucker, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Richard A. Hixson and Thomas R. Tedcastle, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, Julie O'Connor, Charles L. Siemon and Fred P. Bosselman of Ross, Hardies, O'Keefe, Babcock & Parsons, Chicago, Ill., James T. Humphrey, Fort Myers, David E. Bruner, Marco Island, Neal D. Bowen, Sanibel, David Gluckman, Tallahassee, P. Kevin Davey of Douglass, Davey & Cooper, and C. Laurence Keesey and Mary Clark, Tallahassee, for petitioners.

Gary P. Sams, Wade L. Hopping and Richard D. Melson of Hopping, Boyd, Green & Sams, Tallahassee, and Howard S. Rhoads of Allen, Knudsen, Swartz, DeBoest, Rhoads & Edwards, Fort Myers, for respondents.

Ann P. Gailis, Dept. of Justice Land and Natural Resources Division Policy, Legislation and Special Litigation Section, Washington, D.C., amicus curiae for United States.

Harry A. Stewart, Gen. Counsel and Gerald L. Knight, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Fort Lauderdale, amicus curiae for Broward County.

Robert A. Ginbsburg, Dade County Atty. and Stanley B. Price, Asst. County Atty., Miami, amicus curiae for Dade County.

Louis F. Hubener, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, amicus curiae for State of Florida Dept. of Environmental Regulation.

Robert G. Saberson, Delray Beach, amicus curiae for the City of Delray Beach and the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council.

George G. Collins, Jr. and Anthony C. Soviero of Collins, Brown, Caldwell & Evans, Vero Beach, amicus curiae for Indian River County.

Henry G. Manne, Director and Distinguished Professor of Law, John H. Moore, Associate Director and Research Professor of Economics, Peter H. Aranson, Special Research Administrator and Research Professor, and John Metcalf, and John M. Olin Fellow, Law and Economic Center, University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, and Earl B. Hadlow, William H. Adams, III, Mark C. Taylor and James T.R. Jones of Mahoney, Hadlow & Adams, Jacksonville, Thomas G. Pelham, Professor of Law, amicus curiae in pro. per.

Parker D. Thomson, Jerold I. Budney and Douglas M. Halsey of Paul & Thomson, Miami, amicus curiae for Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.

Gary D. Lipkin, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington, D.C., amicus curiae for National Association of Manufacturers of the United States of America.

Stephen T. Dean and Darryl M. Bloodworth of Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth, Orlando, amicus curiae for the Florida Association of Realtors.

William L. Earl and Paul H. Amundsen of Peeples, Earl, Smith, Moore & Blank, Miami, amicus curiae for Deltona Corp.

Ronald A. Zumbrun and Thomas E. Hookano, Sacramento, Cal., and Raymond M. Momboisse and Chrisopher H. Collins, Washington, D.C., amicus curiae for Pacific Legal Foundation.

Robert M. Rhodes and Terry E. Lewis of Thompson, Messer, Rhodes, Vickers & Hart, Tallahassee, Gus Bauman, Washington, D.C.; Stephen W. Metz, Tallahassee, and Phillip S. Parsons of MacFarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tallahassee, amicus curiae for Florida Home Builders Association, National Association of Home Builders and Florida Chamber of Commerce.

Chesterfield Smith and Julian Clarkson of Holland & Knight, Tampa, amicus curiae for Florida Phosphate Council, Inc.


McDONALD, Justice.

This case is before the Court for review of a district court decision reported at 381 So.2d 1126 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979). We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Estuary Properties, Inc., owns almost 6,500 acres of land in Lee County on the southwest coast of Florida near Fort Myers. The site includes substantial wetlands along Estero, San Carlos, Hurricane, and Hell-Peckish Bays and is a sensitive ecological...

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