Florida’s Third District Court of Appeals has just made a landmark ruling that the Institute for Justice is calling “a major blow to property rights.”
Tom Carroll and Hermine Ricketts, 17-year homeowners, have been fighting the Village of Miami Shores for the last 6 years. The battle ended in a verdict after 3 years but they fought on. It all started back in 2014 when the couple refused to take the “advice” handed down to them by the town officials keen on implementing a new zoning plan.
The homeowners refused to relinquish their constitutionally protected rights. That is when town officials resorted to plan b.
The couple subsequently sued based on a constitutional infringement upon their right to use their own private property as well as a violation of the equal protection clause.
Head on over to the next page to learn about the decision just handed down by Florida’s Third District Court of Appeals in regards to property rights.
Stop us
Insane
This is f**e news……..ha ha !
WHAT ???
Can we ban house owners for not up keeping the neighborhood. The one who grow weed like rice fields and dump cars all over their yard. Disgusting.
They lived there for 17 years probably before all the HOA bull c**p came into effect
The left strikes again.
Heck yes I do! What did people do during the depression years? WWII? They grew their own veggies and fruits! I saw my Nana dry the food that they grew.
Shameful
past time to get rid of these idiots on the court that think they have unlimited power