Fifty years of justice : a history of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida / James M. Denham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Denham, James M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice, Administration of--Florida--History.

Justice, Administration of.

District courts--Florida--History.

District courts.

United States. District Court (Florida : Middle District)--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (517 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8130-5063-4

OCLC:

907641258