Judge denies Key Club motion to dismiss challenge

Sarasota County Judge Charles Roberts has denied a request from the Longboat Key Club and Resort to dismiss a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by the Islandside Property Owners Coalition (IPOC) and L’Ambiance and Sanctuary associations against the Longboat Key Club and Resort and the town of Longboat Key.

Key Club attorneys argued earlier this month that IPOC lacked legal standing to bring the lawsuit and that the L’Ambiance and Sanctuary condominium associations did not participate in quasi-judicial hearings, therefore, could not appeal the ruling. But attorney Robert Lincoln, who represents IPOC and the condominium associations, disagreed with those arguments at an Oct. 13 hearing.

“The idea that the associations did not participate is not true at all,” he said. “They appointed IPOC as their organization.”

The judge will hear arguments in the writ of certiorari challenge Wednesday, Nov. 16.

For more information, pick up a Nov. 3 copy of the Longboat Observer.

Contact Robin Hartill at [email protected].