RANDOLPH v. SIMPSON

No. 26319.

410 F.2d 1067 (1969)

Earl B. RANDOLPH et al., Appellants, v. Clyde H. SIMPSON et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 1, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Bostwick, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellants.

F. William Marr, Walter C. Shea, William Joe Sears, Jr., Frank X. Friedmann, Jr., J. Henry Blount, Wm. M. Madison, Jacksonville, Fla., Larry E. Levy, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, Fla., for Duval City, Fla.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen. of Florida, Tallahassee, for Fred O. Dickinson.

William Lee Allen, Jacksonville, Fla., for City of Jacksonville.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and GEWIN and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

This is an attack on the federal constitutional validity of the Florida ad valorem tax structure, which is established in her Constitution1 and implementing statutes. The system is challenged primarily on the ground that the provisions for ad valorem taxation of real estate and tangible personal property by county and municipal governments at rates different from those imposed in ad valorem taxation of intangibles...

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