CONSERVANCY OF SW. FLORIDA v. COLLIER

No. 2D21-2094.

352 So.3d 481 (2022)

CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, INC., Appellant, v. COLLIER COUNTY, Florida, and Collier Enterprises Management, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 2, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey J. Michael , Brian D. Israel , Ethan G. Shenkman , Lauren C. Daniel , and Stephen K. Wirth of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.

Glenn Burhans, Jr. , and Bridget Smitha of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A., Tallahassee; and Richard D. Yovanovich of Coleman, Yovanovich & Koester, P.A., Naples, for Appellee Collier Enterprises Management, Inc.

Sally A. Ashkar , Jeffrey A. Klatzkow , and Colleen Greene of Collier County Attorney's Office; and Gregory N. Woods and Jessica F. Tolin , Woods of Weidenmiller, Michetti & Rudnick, LLP, Naples, for Appellee Collier County, Florida.

Patrick H. Neale of Patrick Neal & Associates, Naples, for Amicus Curiae The Golden Gate Estates Area Civic Association and Affected Golden Gate Estates Residents.

Martha M. Collins of Collins Law Group, Tampa, for Amicus Curiae Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club Florida Chapter, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, Calusa Waterkeeper, Environmental Confederation of Southwest Florida, Cypress Cove Landkeepers, and Stone Crab Alliance.

Ralf Brookes of Ralf Brookes Attorney, Cape Coral, for Amicus Curiae The League of Women Voters of Collier County.

Edward L. Larsen of Edward L. Larsen, Esquire, P.A., Naples, for Amicus Curiae Strong Towns.

Elizabeth Fata Carpenter , Lisa Interlandi and S. Ansley Samson of Everglades Law Center, Inc., North Palm Beach, for Amicus Curiae Tropical Audubon Society and Friends of the Evergaldes.

Steven M. Meyers of Meyers & Stanley, Orlando, for Amicus Curiae Florida Rights of Nature Network, Inc.

Clayton T. Osteen and Benjamin B. Bush of Ausley & McMullen, P.A., Tallahassee, for Amicus Curiae Florida Home Builders Association and Association of Florida Community Developers, Inc.


We have before us an appeal of a final judgment denying a comprehensive plan challenge to a county's development order. The circuit court carefully considered— and correctly resolved—the majority of the issues that were presented. One legal error, however, compels us to reverse a summary adjudication the court rendered...

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