FLA. AUDUBON SOCIETY v. SUGAR CANE GROWERS

No. 2D14-2328.

171 So.3d 790 (2015)

FLORIDA AUDUBON SOCIETY, Appellant, v. SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE OF FLORIDA, United States Sugar Corporation, Sugar Farms Co-op, and South Florida Water Management District, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 7, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Tanner and Thomas E. Bishop of Tanner Bishop, Jacksonville, and Anna H. Upton of Anna H. Upton, P.L., Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Kirk L. Burns   Jeffrey A. Collier , and James E. Nutt , West Palm Beach, for Appellee South Florida Water Management District.

Gary V. Perko and Mohammad O. Jazil of Hopping Green & Sams, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida.

Luna E. Phillips and Rick J. Burgess of Gunster Yoakley & Stewart, Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee United States Sugar Corporation.

Silvia Alderman and Thomas A. Range of Akerman LLP, Tallahassee, and Joseph P. Klock, Jr. , Gabriel E. Nieto , and Matthew P. Coglianese of Rasco Klock Perez & Nieto, P.L., Coral Gables, for Appellee Sugar Farms Co-op.


The Florida Audubon Society ("Audubon") appeals the final administrative order entered in favor of the South Florida Water Management District ("the District") and several sugar cane growers ("the Sugar Appellees"), challenging permits that the District issued to the Sugar Appellees. Audubon argues that the permits violate the Everglades...

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