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STATE EX REL. HAWKINS v. BOARD OF CONTROL

No. 21138.

53 So.2d 116 (1951)

STATE ex rel. HAWKINS v. BOARD OF CONTROL et al.

Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc.

June 15, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.E. Hill, Daytona Beach, for relator.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Frank J. Heintz, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondents.

SEBRING, Chief Justice.

This cause is before the Court on motion for the entry of a peremptory writ of mandamus notwithstanding the return filed by the respondents in the proceedings.

Virgil D. Hawkins, a Negro citizen and resident of Florida, instituted a mandamus proceeding in June, 1949, against the Board of Control of Florida to require the Board to allow him to enroll as a law student at the University of Florida for attendance at a summer session to...

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