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Florida Coastal School of Law sues ABA Lawsuit alleges failure to provide due process after school was found not in compliance for its admission standards. By Max Marbut Associate Editor Florida Coastal School of Law filed suit in federal court Thursday against the American Bar Association alleging that the ABA violated due process in its accreditation review process.
The complaint and demand for jury trial and injunctive relief filed in the U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida by Florida Coastal and InfiLaw Corp., which owns the school, requests the court vacate and set aside an April decision by the ABA’s accreditation committee and prohibit its enforcement; enjoin the ABA from withdrawing Florida Coastal’s accreditation; and award damages. The lawsuit stems from the ABA notifying the school in October that while it is in compliance with general standards, Florida Coastal is out of compli-
ance with standards related to admission requirements and the school’s ability to prepare its students to pass the Bar examination and enter the legal profession as attorneys. A spokesman for the ABA said it does not comment on pending litigation. Florida Coastal President Dennis Stone and Dean Scott DeVito appeared before the Accreditation Committee of the ABA Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar in March and submitted data Florida Coastal continued on Page 3
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Florida Coastal President Dennis Stone and Dean Scott DeVito. The school is suing the American Bar Association.
Plans for Lee & Cates building site include bees on the rooftop
Shopping center planned for Tamaya
PROJECT WITH BUZZ SADS Inc., led by Paul Sifton, plans to transform the former Lee & Cates property at 905 W. Forsyth St. into a three-story project called the “Le Mesa Building.”
Grocery store would anchor the project along Beach Boulevard. A grocery-anchored retail center is coming to Tamaya. The Cantrell & Morgan real estate company is marketing the planned project for lease at northwest Beach and Kernan boulevards. “We are looking at a neighborhood groceryanchored shopping center that should benefit the residents Morgan of Tamaya and Jacksonville Golf & Country Club and surrounding communities,” said CEO Chris Morgan. Morgan said the 11-acre site is under contract and he expects to close in several months. “It will be very user-friendly and convenient to those residential communities popping up along Beach Boulevard,” he said. A conceptual site plan shows the 67,400-square-foot groceryanchored retail center comprises a 30,000-square-foot supermar-
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Mixed-use project with rooftop garden and beekeeping program proposed for LaVilla site.
By David Cawton Staff Writer Rooftop bars are popular in Downtown Jacksonville. Now look for rooftop beekeeping. A three-story, mixed-use project with a rooftop garden and beekeeping program is proposed for the former Lee & Cates Glass
Inc. property in LaVilla. The Downtown Investment Authority will review the project May 23. SADS Inc., led by Paul Sifton, plans to transform the space at 905 W. Forsyth St. into a three-story project called the “Le Mesa Building.” Lee & Cates Building
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