St. Johns River Water Management District v. Koontz

The decision of the majority to affirm the judgment in favor of Coy A. Koontz, Jr. [“Koontz”] without any further work from this Court is both incorrect and unfair. If there is to be a summary disposition of this case, in light of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District, — U.S. -, 133 S.Ct. 2586, 186 L.Ed.2d 697 (2013), that disposition must be in favor of the St. Johns Water Management District [the “District”], not Koontz.

This case began in 1994. Koontz filed an inverse condemnation suit,- claiming that there had been a regulatory…