Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation, Inc. v. Board of County Commissioners of Brevard County, Florida

Plaintiff-appellant, Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation, Inc. (“LEAF”) challenges the district court’s denial of LEAF’S motion for partial summary judgment and the district court’s grant of final summary judgment to defendant-appellee, Brevard County Board of County Commissioners (the “Board”). LEAF alleges that the Board has been operating a waste treatment facility, known as an injection well, without a permit since December 21, 1988, when the Board’s state-issued construction and testing permit for the well expired. 1 The Board argues that the Florida Department of Environmental…