EVERGLADES LAW CENTER v. WATER MANAGEMENT

Nos. 4D18-1220, 4D18-1519 & 4D18-2124.

290 So.3d 123 (2019)

EVERGLADES LAW CENTER, INC., Maggy Hurchalla, and Donna Melzer, Appellants, v. SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, a public corporation of the State of Florida, Martin County, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, Lake Point Phase I, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, and Lake Point Phase II, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 18, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcy I. LaHart , of Marcy I. LaHart, P.A., Micanopy, for appellant Everglades Law Center, Inc.

Virginia P. Sherlock of Littman, Sherlock & Heims, P.A., Stuart, for appellant Maggy Hurchalla.

Donna Sutter Melzer, Palm City, pro se.

Thomas E. Warner and Dean A. Morande of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Amicus Curiae First Amendment Foundation, Inc.

Brian J. Accardo , James W. Sherman , Judith W. Levine and Laura E. Scala-Olympio , of South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, for appellee South Florida Water Management District.

Meagan L. Logan of Marks Gray, P.A., Jacksonville, and Kansas R. Gooden of Boyd & Jenerette, P.A., Jacksonville, for Amicus Curiae Florida Defense Lawyers Association.

Richard Grosso of Richard Grosso, P.A., Davie, for appellants Everglades Law Center, Inc., and Maggy Hurchalla.

Daniel S. Melzer , Palm City, for appellee Donna Melzer.


We address a matter of first impression involving shade meetings1 and the public's interest in protecting government in the sunshine and mediation communications. Reading applicable provisions of the Florida Constitution and statutes in pari materia, we conclude...

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