03574nam 2200601 450 991078814260332120230807210219.00-8130-5063-4(CKB)2670000000609736(EBL)2028301(SSID)ssj0001460842(PQKBManifestationID)11791835(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001460842(PQKBWorkID)11467145(PQKB)10662643(StDuBDS)EDZ0001283540(MiAaPQ)EBC2028301(OCoLC)907641258(MdBmJHUP)muse46821(Au-PeEL)EBL2028301(CaPaEBR)ebr11044613(CaONFJC)MIL769474(EXLCZ)99267000000060973620150428h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFifty years of justice a history of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida /James M. DenhamGainesville, Florida :University Press of Florida,2015.©20151 online resource (517 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8130-6049-4 0-8130-5521-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.From the Southern to the U.S. Middle District of Florida, 1950s-1962 -- The U.S. Middle District of Florida, first years, 1962-1968 -- The Middle District and civil rights, 1962-1968 -- Adjudicating equality continues: the Middle District and school desegregation, 1968-1976 -- The Middle District and the war on crime, 1968-1976 -- Growing pains, constitutional questions, and bankruptcy, 1976-1980 -- A new era begins: the Reagan years, 1980-1988 -- Drugs, drugs, and more drugs, 1980-1988 -- Mad dogs, spies, and international weapons dealers -- Income tax evasion, the death penalty, the environment, the aids epidemic, desegregation, and voting and employment discrimination, 1980-1988 -- New judges, new challenges, 1988-1992 -- The court expands and confronts antigovernment activity, 1992-2000 -- Bankruptcy in the Middle District, 1984-2000 -- First amendment, abortion rights, employment discrimination, and school desegregation litigation runs its course, 1992-2000 -- Drugs, outlaws, fraud, pollution, endangered species, and a baby named Sabrina -- "It's a tidal wave . . . and I"m not kidding about it!" -- Into the new century, 2000-2004 -- Contesting sentencing guidelines, the Patriot Act, terrorism, and cases involving international questions -- Constitutional questions of the twenty-first-century court -- Income tax evasion, medicare fraud, organized crime, environmental disputes, and bankruptcy -- Closing arguments and taking stock: fifty years of justice.This book looks at the U.S. Middle District Court of Florida, which represents about 1/2 of Florida's population and is one of the busiest courts in the state, interpreting and applying Supreme Court decisions in cases such as the Terry Schaivo "right to die" case.Justice, Administration ofFloridaHistoryDistrict courtsFloridaHistoryFederal courtsJustice, Administration ofHistory.District courtsHistory.347.73/22097592Denham James M.864448MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788142603321Fifty years of justice3837116UNINA