Note: On September 6, 2019, the Fourth District Court of Appeal handed down an order denying the motion for a re-hearing in Maggy’s case (and also denying the request to certify questions of public importance to the Florida Supreme Court as well as denying the motion to file an amicus brief in support of the motion for re-hearing or certification). No explanation is given for the decision.
Maggy and her counsel will now have to decide whether to seek relief from a higher court (the Florida Supreme Court).
By Patricia Mazzei, The New York Times, Published September 8, 2019
Maggy Hurchalla
STUART, Fla. — Maggy Hurchalla’s piece of Florida heaven is a patch of pristine Atlantic shore accessible only by boat in St. Lucie Inlet
Preserve State Park. She and her husband nicknamed it the “End of the World” when they first came upon it half a century ago, after
paddling south along the barrier island to the water’s end. She still likes to skinny-dip at the beach.
Ms. Hurchalla, 78, could spend her remaining years kayaking here, readily outpacing paddlers less than half her age. Or traveling the
country, giving speeches about the legacy of her sister, Janet Reno, the first female attorney general of the United States.
But instead of reveling in her retirement, Ms. Hurchalla, who has devoted her life to protecting the untamed Florida wilderness that she
loved, has been fighting a public battle with a rock-mining company — and losing.
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