Community Maritime Park Associates is a non-profit corporation charged with overseeing the development of a parcel of waterfront property. While there was no dispute that the organization’s meetings are subject to the Sunshine Law in Florida which requires meetings to be open to the public, the issue before the Court was whether the organization is required under the law to allow members of the public to speak at meeting. The Florida Appeals Court determined that the State’s open meetings law does not require that members of the public be permitted to speak at meetings.
Keesler v Community Maritime Park Associates, 2010 WL 786216 (Fla 1st Dist. Ct. App. 3/10/2010).
The opinion can be accessed at: http://opinions.1dca.org/written/opinions2010/03-10-2010/09-1659.pdf
