U.S. Supreme Court
The New York Times: This ‘Tenacious Underdog’ Won His First Supreme Court Case. Now He’s Back
Miami Herald: He’s a Marine, a renegade, a vanquisher of corrupt pols. And now: First Amendment icon
The Atlantic: Can Government Officials Have You Arrested for Speaking to Them?
U.S. Supreme Court hears Riviera Beach city council meeting free-speech dispute
Miami Herald: Supreme Court says South Florida man’s floating home isn’t a boat
PBPost: Fane Lozman, winner in Supreme Court case against Riviera Beach, calls it ‘an amazing day’
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.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
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Honors and Awards
The nomination for the Pete Weitzel/Friend of the First Amendment Award was based on Mr. Lozman’s most recent case before the US Supreme Court. Fane was arrested after speaking at a city commission meeting and is claiming that arrest violated his First Amendment rights. Mr. Lozman is a formidable citizen activist who has been engaged in sunshine issues for years.
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They say the man who represents himself has a fool for a client, but this long-running David-and-Goliath case just might end with a local government looking like the fool.
It all started in 2006, when Lozman, a retired Chicago financier with plenty of money to burn on justice, claimed he had been illegally evicted from his floating home in Riviera Beach because of his activism against last-minute plans to sell the marina to a developer using eminent domain. He won that case, but the city stayed on his heels, coming after him with all kinds of accusations (he owed fees to the marina; his ten-pound dachshund was too dangerous).
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