Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Hawkins v. Board of Control
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided June 15, 1951No. 21138PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
53 So.2d 116 (1951)
STATE ex rel. HAWKINS
v.
BOARD OF CONTROL et al.
No. 21138.
Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc.
June 15, 1951.
H.E. Hill, Daytona Beach, for relator.
Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Frank J. Heintz, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondents.
SEBRING, Chief Justice.
This cause is before the Court on motion for the entry of a peremptory writ of mandamus notwithstanding the return filed by the respondents in the proceedings.
Virgil D. Hawkins, a Negro citizen and resident of Florida, instituted a mandamus proceeding in June, 1949, against the Board of Control of Florida to require the Board to…
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- State Ex Rel. Hawkins v. Board of Control of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 1950
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