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Cortez Co. v. Manatee County et al.
379 U.S. 816·Supreme Court of the United States·1964
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Opinion
No. 76.
Cortez Co. v. Manatee County et al.
Robert E. Knowles for petitioner. Kenneth W. Cleary for Manatee County,, and James W. Kynes, Attorney General of Florida, and Robert C. Parker and James T. Carlisle, Assistant Attorneys General, for Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida, respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Supreme Court of Florida. Certiorari denied.