Appeals court overturns beach access ruling in Pinellas County

A federal appeals court on Friday overturned a ruling that backed waterfront property owners in a battle with a Pinellas County town about public beach access. The decision by a panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals focused, in part, on a highly controversial 2018 Florida law that put restrictions on what is known as “customary use” of beaches. The panel said U.S. District Judge James S. Moody should not have granted summary judgment to a group of property owners in Redington Beach…Original Article