TORNILLO v. DADE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD

No. 71-1774.

458 F.2d 194 (1972)

Pat L. TORNILLO, Jr., individually and as Father and next friend of Mandelyn Tornillo and Robert Tornillo, minors, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DADE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants, State of Florida Board of Education, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 31, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rivers Buford, Jr., Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, Fla., James T. Schoenbrod, Miami, Fla., Charles E. Miner, Jr., Gene T. Sellers, Tallahassee, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Tobias Simon, Elizabeth J. duFresne, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Thomas C. Britton, Frank A. Howard, Jr., Miami, Fla., for other interested parties.

Before JONES, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


JONES, Circuit Judge:

In the Constitution of the State of Florida, adopted in 1968, is the following provision:

(a) Counties, school districts, and municipalities shall, and special districts may, be authorized by law to levy ad valorem taxes and may be authorized by general law to levy other taxes, for their respective purposes, except ad valorem taxes on intangible personal property and taxes prohibited by this constitution. (b) Ad valorem taxes...

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