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PALM BEACH COUNTY v. GREEN

No. 33727.

179 So.2d 356 (1965)

PALM BEACH COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, et al., Appellants, v. Ray E. GREEN, State Comptroller of the State of Florida, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 27, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry A. Johnston, R. Bruce Jones, Jones, Adams, Paine & Foster, West Palm Beach, Ford L. Thompson, Starry & Thompson, Tallahassee, for appellants.

Greene, Ayres, Swigert & Cluster, Ocala, for Glades County, Hendry County, Okeechobee County and Martin County, appellees.

O'CONNELL, Justice.

By Chapter 63-200, Laws of Florida, the 1963 Legislature established new boundaries for Glades, Hendry, Okeechobee, Martin and Palm Beach Counties. Under the statute the area of Lake Okeechobee, which theretofore had been wholly in Palm Beach County, was so divided that each of the other four counties were given a pie-shaped portion thereof.

The appellants sued for declaratory decree contending that: (1) Chapter 63-200 is unconstitutional...

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