B. Campbell Thornal Papers 1944-1970

Gideon, Clarence Earl

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Kelly, Richard, 1924-

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Florida Bar

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The Florida Legislative Investigation Committee was set up by Chapter 31498 of the Laws of Florida (1955) to investigate, as time permits, "all organizations whose principles or activities include a course of conduct on the part of any person or group which would constitute violence or a violation of the laws of the State, or would be inimical to the well-being and orderly pursuits of their personal and business activities by the majority of the citizens of this state." In this inst...

Huie, William Bradford, 1910-1986

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Author, journalist and literary editor. Author of The Americanization of Emily, The execution of Private Slovik, The Klansmen and many other popular fiction and non-fiction books on American social history, some of which were adapted for screenplays. Huie's books and writings often dealt with controversial racial, social and political issues. He was an outspoken opponent of racial injustice in his native Alabama and authored a series of books about violence in the South during the civil rights m...

Thornal, B. Campbell (Benjamin Campbell), 1908-1970

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B. Campbell Thornal was a Florida Supreme Court Justice. He was born in South Carolina in 1908 and moved to Orlando, Florida, in 1922. He received his law degree from the University of Florida in 1930. He was an attorney for the city of Orlando in the 1930s and 1940s. He was appointed to the Florida Supreme Court by Governor LeRoy Collins in 1955 and served until his death in 1970. From the guide to the B. Campbell Thornal Papers, 1944-1970, (Special and Area Studies Collections, Geo...

Florida. Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court replaced the Territorial Court of Appeals in 1845 (Article V, 1838 Constitution; Article V, 1885 and 1968 Constitutions). The Supreme Court consists of seven justices, with at least one from each appellate district. The Court hears appeals in death penalty cases and reviews the decisions of the District Courts of Appeal and trial courts. From the description of Mandatory review death penalty case files, 1973-[ongoing]. (Florida State Archive). WorldCat record id: 32...