State Supreme Court / Fla.

Hargrove v. Town of Cocoa Beach

Decided June 28, 1957. B Campbell Thornal wrote the opinion for the court.

96 So. 2d 130 · Cited 285 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Elrod v. City of Daytona Beach · 180 So. 378
Ballard v. City of Tampa · 168 So. 654
Kennedy v. City of Daytona Beach · 182 So. 228
City of Miami v. Bethel · 65 So. 2d 34
City of Sebring v. Avant · 117 So. 383
City of Avon Park v. Giddens · 27 So. 2d 825
City of St. Petersburg v. Carter · 39 So. 2d 804
Akin v. City of Miami · 65 So. 2d 54
Parker v. City of Jacksonville · 82 So. 2d 131

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