WELLER v. ASKEW

No. 52085.

363 So.2d 1091 (1978)

Fred W. WELLER et al., Appellants, v. Governor Reubin O'D. ASKEW et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied November 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Prunty of Prunty, Ross, DeLoache & Olsen, Miami, and Robert J. Angerer and Joseph C. Jacobs of Ervin, Varn, Jacobs, Odom & Kitchen, Tallahassee, for appellants.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Martin S. Friedman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellees.


BOYD, Justice.

Fred Weller, Nolan Popenhager, R.L. Burnett and Dixie Williams, four owners of land in The Big Cypress Area of Florida, brought suit in the Leon County Circuit Court for a declaration of their rights and injunctive relief. The suit was defended by the Governor and Cabinet in the dual capacities of Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund and Head of the Department of Natural Resources. During the proceedings the plaintiffs challenged the validity...

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