Legal Opinion
Aerojet-General Corp. v. Askew
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 21, 1975No. 74-1192PublishedCited by 207 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
Important questions concerning the doctrine of res judicata and the Contract Clause of the United States Constitution are presented in this much-litigated dispute over title to a large tract of land in Dade County, Florida. The judgment appealed from is the result of two lawsuits. Aerojet-General Corporation brought an action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida against Metropolitan Dade County, Florida, the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund (a Florida state agency), and the Board of Education of the State of…
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