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Florida ex rel. Hawkins v. Board of Control et al.
355 U.S. 839·Supreme Court of the United States·1957
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Opinion
No. 169.
Florida ex rel. Hawkins v. Board of Control et al.
Robert L. Garter and Thurgood Marshall for petitioner. Richard W. Ervin, Attorney-General of Florida, Ralph E. Odum and John J. Blair, Assistant Attorneys General, and Wilson W. Wright, Special Assistant Attorney General, for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida denied without prejudice to the petitioner’s seeking relief in an appropriate United States District Court.