Legal Opinion
State of Florida Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund v. Charley Toppino and Sons, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 11, 1975No. 74-1352PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELL, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Board of Trustees filed suit in district court against Charley Toppino and Sons, Inc., alleging wrongful excavation by Toppino of appellant’s land lying beneath the navigable waters of the Bay of Florida. The excavation having taken place four years earlier, appellant sought a mandatory injunction to require restoration of the excavated land to its original state. Alternatively, appellant sought to recover damages for conversion of fill material and for injury to its natural resources. The district court denied all relief sought, and this appeal followed. We…
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3Cited by94 opinions
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