Legal Opinion
Rorick v. United States Sugar Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 29, 1941No. 9775PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
Appellants Rorick, Easton and Grundy, citizens of Ohio and Pennsylvania, brought in the District Court six equitable actions each against a person of diverse citizenship as an owner of land in Everglades Drainage District, Florida, joining as defendants the Board of Commissioners of Everglades Drainage District, a public quasi corporation of Florida, and the Governor, Treasurer, Attorney General and Commissioner of Agriculture of Florida as Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of Florida, as having an interest in the controversy. The six actions involve the same…
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- Thompson v. Allen CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Barkley v. Levee CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
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