MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA, INC. v. CHERTOFF

No. 06-20044CIV.

417 F.Supp.2d 1343 (2006)

MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA, INC., Mercedes Hernandez Guerrero, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Michael CHERTOFF, Department of Homeland Security, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida, Miami Division.

February 28, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kendall B. Coffey, Coffey & Wright, LLP, Miami, FL, Joseph Scott Geller, Geller, Geller, Beskin Shienvold, Fisher & Garfinkel, Hollywood, FL, Benedict Paul Kuehne, Sale & Kuehne, Miami, FL, Daniel Warren Raab, Coral Gables, FL, Luis Fernandez, Fernandez, Caubi, Fernandez, Cancio, Miami, FL, Wilfredo Oscar Allen, Miami, FL, Oscar Santiago Rodriguez, Oscar Rodriguez, PA, Coral Gables, FL, William J. Sanchez-Calderon, Miami, FL, for Plaintiffs.

Dexter Lee, United States Attorney's Office, Miami, FL, for Defendants.


ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

MORENO, District Judge.

I. Introduction

This Court is called upon to conclude whether the Coast Guard acted lawfully when it decided to remove Cuban refugees from the old Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys because it was not sufficiently connected to the United States. The Court finds that the historic bridge, which the State of Florida owns and pioneer Henry Flagler built to develop...

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