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U.S. Supreme Court hears Riviera Beach city council meeting free-speech dispute
February 28, 2018
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WASHINGTON – After a 12-year-long legal battle, the case of Riviera Beach resident Fane Lozman against the city was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. Lozman was arrested at a city council meeting in 2006. He had only taken the podium for a few moments before then-City Council member Elizabeth Wade ordered him to stop talking and eventually asked an officer to “carry” Lozman out.
Continue Reading →CBS12: Riviera property owner fights for address, suing city
August 19, 2016
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Lozman is suing the city in an effort he says to get an address for his properties that sit along North Ocean Drive on Singer Island.
Continue Reading →Documents reveal Sunshine Law violations among City Council
August 04, 2016
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RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. —A Riviera Beach activist who once won a Supreme Court fight against the city is now offering a $100,000 reward for evidence of corruption against one current council member, after a complaint he made led to a criminal charge against another. Fane Lozman held a news conference Wednesday in front of City Hall, holding up a flier with Councilmember Dawn Pardo’s picture and
Continue Reading →PBPost: After Supreme Court win over Riviera, man envisions floating homes
By Jane Musgrave Palm Beach Post Staff Writer RIVIERA BEACH — Ducking under mangroves to reach the Intracoastal Waterway, Fane Lozman spreads his arms wide as he contemplates living on a narrow strip of land on Singer Island that most believed would never be developed. “How can you beat his view?” he asks with a grin, gesturing toward the open blue water. His grin is more than a little bit impish.
Continue Reading →Supreme Court Justice John Roberts – Who says admiralty cases are boring?
July 01, 2013
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Watch US Supreme Court Justice John Roberts speak about his favorite 2012 Term case — aka Lozman v Riviera Beach.
Continue Reading →Sun-Sentinel: Despite Supreme Court victory, wrecked houseboat’s owner still fighting
March 29, 2014
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Judge Dimitrouleas ruled on Wednesday that Lozman would have to file in state court to pursue a claim for damages against the city.
Continue Reading →New Times: Chief Justice Roberts says Lozman’s case was his favorite.
July 04, 2013
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The case came up this past Saturday, when Judge Harvie Wilkinson of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals interviewed Chief Justice Roberts on C-SPAN. Wilkinson sat in his armchair, pressed his fingers together, and remembered how Chief Justice Rehnquist would begin each session with a quotation. He went on to repeat the lines from Sir Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in County Churchyard":
Continue Reading →USA Today: High Court: Not every floating home is a boat.
January 26, 2013
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But for Lozman, the ruling gives him the ability to think about what's next. He plans to return to District Court and ask for compensation for his home, furniture and legal fees, which he said reached the hundreds of thousands of dollars. "I'm going to get another one (floating home) and put it back," he says.
Continue Reading →A “Lozman Wins” banner flies above local dignataries.
January 25, 2013
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There was a ribbon cutting at the Riviera Beach marina new north docks today. All the local dignitaries showed up, including Congressman Patrick Murphy who beat Allen West. A plane towed my aerial banner (Lozman Wins! Adios Corrupt RB Council ! ) around in circles, at a very low altitude, for the entire hour and fifteen minute program. Some of the local news stations came to just film the banne
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The Fane Lozman Story
This is a true story of a persistent and tenacious underdog who fought against the governmental seizure of 2200 homes and businesses in 2006 only to see that same government arrest and destroy his floating home three years later, for an alleged failure to pay one month’s rent at the marina. Fane Lozman did not give up but continued the improbable climb from a county court eviction case to the US Supreme Court.
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Honors and Awards
Voted not once, not twice, but three times as “Best Of” by the New Times Broward/Palm Beach.
- 2012 Best Lawsuit- Fane Lozman vs. the City of Riviera Beach, Florida
- 2007 – Best Political Activist
- 2007 – Personal Best
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