TRANSPARENCY FLA. v. PORT ST. LUCIE

No. 4D16-3976.

240 So.3d 780 (2018)

TRANSPARENCY FOR FLORIDA, Kali Crum and Nicholas Plummer, Appellants, v. CITY OF PORT ST. LUCIE, Ron Bowen, Joann Faiella, Shannon Martin and Roger Orr, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 18, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Megan Lazenby of Lazenby Law LLC, Lakeland, James S. Benjamin of Benjamin, Aaronson, Edinger & Patanzo, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and Andrea Flynn Mogensen of The Law Office of Andrea Flynn Mogensen, P.A., Sarasota, for appellants.

Jeffrey A. Blaker of Conroy Simberg, West Palm Beach, and Diane H. Tutt of Conroy Simberg, Hollywood, for appellees City of Port St. Lucie, Ron Bowen, Shannon Martin and Roger Orr.

Cynthia G. Angelos of Cynthia G. Angelos, P.A., Port St. Lucie for appellee Joann Faiella.

David A. Wallace of Bentley & Bruning, P.A., Sarasota, for Amicus Curiae First Amendment Foundation.


Transparency for Florida, Inc., appeals a final summary judgment in favor of the City of Port St. Lucie, its council members, and city attorney in a Sunshine Law violation case regarding the termination of the city manager. The trial court did not conclude that a Sunshine Law violation had occurred, but determined that even if it did...

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