Appeals court Judge Melanie May squeezed out a few puns Wednesday in a witty decision rejecting a property owners’ constitutional challenge and request for sanctions in a long-running case she dubbed “The Book of Citrus Canker” litigation.
May wrote a unanimous decision with Judges Carole Taylor and Burton Conner concurring in a class action appeal by residents seeking compensation from the state for killing thousands of uninfected trees in a fruitless bid to stop the spread of citrus canker.
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