Fane Lozman is an American inventor and futures and options trader known for his long-running legal battles with the city of Riviera Beach, Florida.
Prior to moving to Riviera Beach, Lozman lived in North Bay Village, Florida, where his investigative efforts resulted in the arrests of corrupt government officials.
For his activism in Riviera Beach and North Bay Village, Lozman has been described as a "persistent gadfly"[1] and a "relentless opponent of public corruption".
[3][5][6] After returning to civilian life, Lozman moved to Chicago and invented a new market trading screen interface, which he named Scanshift.
Scanshift employs a visually ergonomic layout incorporating a hub and spoke display that uses "a variety of rectangles, lines, and arrows to indicate which kinds of securities were moving and what that movement signaled".
[9] As of 2016[update], Lozman had become involved in real estate development with an overwater stilt home community called Renegade on a 25 acres (10 ha) parcel of submerged lands.
This property, with 1,025 feet (312 m) of private beach, was located on the northwest side of Singer Island, Florida, adjacent to the intracoastal waterway.
[3][13] Before the City could finalize its agreement with the developers, the Florida Legislature passed a bill prohibiting the use of eminent domain for private purposes.
Writing for the 7–2 majority, Justice Stephen G. Breyer stated: "Not every floating structure is a 'vessel.’ To state the obvious, a wooden washtub, a plastic dishpan, a swimming platform on pontoons, a large fishing net, a door taken off its hinges, or Pinocchio (when inside the whale) are not 'vessels,' even if they are 'artificial contrivances' capable of floating, moving under tow, and incidentally carrying even a fair-sized item or two when they do so".
[24] During a time for members of the public to make comments to the council, Lozman began to raise the subject of corruption charges brought against Palm Beach County officials.
The district judge instructed the jury that Lozman needed to prove a new charge that was only added for the first time during the second week of trial, that there was no probable cause for the offense of "disturbing a public assembly".
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed, and Lozman again successfully filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court.
[27] While the Eleventh Circuit was drafting its opinion on remand, Lozman offered to settle the matter for "$650,000, an apology and an invitation to address the city council".