R.G. Edmonson | Dec 10, 2010 9:38AM EST
A Florida state court in Miami on Thursday blocked developers from building three high-rise condominiums on 25 acres along the Miami River, an industrial area of terminals for shallow-draft ships that serve the Caribbean islands.
The Third District Court of Appeal affirmed an earlier opinion that the city government had violated a comprehensive development plan by re-writing it to favor residential construction along the river instead of commercial and industrial activities.
The Miami River port, not to be confused with the Port of Miami, dispatched some of the first vessels with relief cargo to Haiti after the massive earthquake last January.
Supporters of the "working river" said it took seven years of litigation to get the court's ruling. The court originally ruled against developers in 2007, but they asked for a rehearing.
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