BENGIS ASSOCIATES, INC., ETC., PETITIONER,
v.
DADE COUNTY, ETC., ET AL., RESPONDENTS

Fla. | 1972-04-07
No. 42114
ROBERTS, C. J., and ERVIN, CARLTON, ADKINS and BOYD, JJ., concur.
261 So. 2d 839 Florida Supreme Court (1972) Caution
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Opinion of the Court

Certiorari denied. 257 So.2d 291.

ROBERTS, C. J., and ERVIN, CARLTON, ADKINS and BOYD, JJ., concur.


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