In This Issue:

- Court Upholds Landowner's Contract-Based Mineral Rights

In the Elmore/Road Rock, Inc. v. Florida Power & Light breach of contract case, Judge Robert A. Rosenberg of the Complex Litigation Unit of the 17th Circuit Court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida ruled in favor of Robert Elmore, sole owner of Road Rock, Inc., against the Florida Power & Light Company (FPL). The court awarded $20,463,910 to Elmore for FPL's refusal to allow Elmore to remove rock and sand from a 50-acre lake that he owned and which is adjacent to the FPL power plant in Fort Lauderdale....

- Testimonial

"I enjoy working on environmental issues that don't have easy answers, "says Dr. Tormey. "My approach is to creatively use the results of science and engineering to help close the gap between opposing parties...

- Expert Witness: Dr. Dan Tormey

Dr. Dan Tormey was an expert witness for Marzulla Law in the Casitas Municipal Water District v. United States case...

- Spotlight: Ian Gaunt

Ian Gaunt is a recent graduate of Georgetown University Law Center awaiting his D.C. Bar exam results. After a year of clerking with Marzulla Law, we anticipate we will soon be calling him an associate...

- About Marzulla Law

Marzulla Law, LLC is a Washington D.C.-based law firm. Nancie G. Marzulla and Roger J. Marzulla help property owners get paid just compensation when the Government takes their property through inverse condemnation...

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