Posted On:
January 12, 2010
PROPERTY RIGHTS CASE FROM FLORIDA - U.S. SUPREME COURT REVIEWING BEACH EROSION ORDINANCE
The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing another Florida Supreme Court decision upholding an ordinance that permits the governement to replenish shorelines without compensating any affected private landowners. Florida's beaches have been replenished with sand for many years without allowing claims requesting compensation for loss of property. In this particular case, the property owners effectively lost 125 yards of beachfront due to the replenishment.