Miami-Dade court trial set in challenge to Trump library land transfer
A Miami-Dade Circuit Court trial is scheduled to begin Aug. 3, 2026, in a lawsuit seeking to stop Miami Dade College’s proposed transfer of nearly three acres of Miami property for a Donald Trump presidential library.
The case concerns both the proposed land transfer and the process the college board used to approve it. The court’s schedule could still change depending on appellate proceedings.
Claim challenges notice before board vote
Marvin Dunn, the plaintiff, alleges that Miami Dade College’s board violated Florida’s Government in the Sunshine Law when it approved the proposed transfer. His lawsuit seeks to block the transaction connected to the presidential library project.
Dunn’s allegation centers on a Sept. 23 college board meeting. He contends that the public did not receive sufficient notice of the meeting before the board took the challenged vote.
The alleged notice failure is not a court finding. The trial is scheduled to address the dispute over the proposed transfer and the claim that the board did not meet the state’s open-meetings requirements.
What the case could decide
The disputed site is nearly three acres of Miami real estate. The proposed recipient project is a presidential library for Donald Trump, making the transfer the central issue in a case now pending in Miami-Dade Circuit Court.
A ruling could determine whether the proposed transfer proceeds and whether the college board complied with public-transparency requirements when it voted on the property. The available reporting does not establish how the court will rule.
Nor do the cited reports establish that the transfer has been permanently blocked, or whether construction plans for the library will proceed. Those remain unresolved as the case moves toward trial.
Next known step
The next known step is the trial window beginning Aug. 3, 2026. The date is a scheduled start rather than a decision on the merits of Dunn’s lawsuit.
Miami Dade College is the institution whose board approved the challenged transfer. Dunn is contesting that approval, while the court is set to consider his Sunshine Law allegation and the request to prevent the proposed land transaction from going forward.
Until the court rules, the library land transfer remains proposed, and the claim of inadequate public notice remains an allegation by the plaintiff. Any scheduling change could depend on appellate proceedings.
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