LEADER 03574nam 2200601 450 001 9910828878503321 005 20230807210219.0 010 $a0-8130-5063-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000609736 035 $a(EBL)2028301 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001460842 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11791835 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001460842 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11467145 035 $a(PQKB)10662643 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001283540 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2028301 035 $a(OCoLC)907641258 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse46821 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2028301 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11044613 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL769474 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000609736 100 $a20150428h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFifty years of justice $ea history of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida /$fJames M. Denham 210 1$aGainesville, Florida :$cUniversity Press of Florida,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (517 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8130-6049-4 311 $a0-8130-5521-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFrom 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. 330 0 $aThis 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. 606 $aJustice, Administration of$zFlorida$xHistory 606 $aDistrict courts$zFlorida$xHistory 610 $aFederal courts 615 0$aJustice, Administration of$xHistory. 615 0$aDistrict courts$xHistory. 676 $a347.73/22097592 700 $aDenham$b James M.$0864448 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828878503321 996 $aFifty years of justice$93982275 997 $aUNINA