Legal Opinion
Cone v. Rorick
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 21, 1940No. 9451PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
This litigation began in 1931 by a bill in behalf of bondholders of Everglades Drainage District in Florida for injunction and other relief against an Act of the Florida legislature passed in 1929, Acts Fla.1929, c. 13633, which was alleged to have impaired unconstitutionally the bond contract. Another Act was passed in 1931, Acts.Fla.1931, c. 14717, which was attacked on like grounds in a supplemental bill, and a third Act passed in 1937, Acts. Fla.1937, c. 17902, was attacked by a second supplemental bill. A three-judge court, giving controlling effect to a decision of…
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