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RORICK v. COMM'RS.

No. 554.

307 U.S. 208 (1939)

RORICK ET AL. v. BOARD OF COMM'RS OF EVERGLADES DRAINAGE DIST. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 15, 1939.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William Roberts, with whom Messrs. W.H. Watson and Samuel Pasco were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Clarence G. Ashby, with whom Mr. Fred H. Kent was on the brief, for the Board of Commissioners, appellee.

Messrs. Tyrus A. Norwood and Marvin C. McIntosh, Assistant Attorneys General of Florida, with whom Mr. George Couper Gibbs, Attorney General, was on the brief, for the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund, appellees.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The case is here on appeal under § 238 of the Judicial Code as amended, 28 U.S.C. § 345, to review a decree of a district court of three judges convened under § 266 of the Judicial Code as amended, 28 U.S.C. § 380, denying an interlocutory injunction and dismissing the bill and supplemental bills. The bills challenged the validity of certain Florida statutes as impairments of the obligation...

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