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March 28, 2017

Ahoy, justices! Floating home case winner back to high court

By CURT ANDERSON
AP Legal Affairs Writer

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — Four years ago, Fane Lozman won an improbable longshot victory when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with him that his floating home was a house, not a vessel subject to seizure by a Florida city.

The justices set a new national legal standard: Not everything that floats is a boat.


 
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