Florida Statute 7.28 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title II
STATE ORGANIZATION

Chapter 7
COUNTY BOUNDARIES

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7.28 Highlands County.—The boundary lines of Highlands County are as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of township thirty-three south, range twenty-eight east; thence east on township line dividing townships thirty-two and thirty-three south, to the intersection of same with the Kissimmee River; thence southerly along the thread of said river and bordering Okeechobee County, to the intersection of the township line dividing townships thirty-seven and thirty-eight south with said river and boundary; thence west on said township line to the southwest corner of township thirty-seven south, range thirty-two east; thence south on range line dividing ranges thirty-one and thirty-two east to the southwest corner of township thirty-eight south, range thirty-two east; thence west on the township line dividing townships thirty-eight and thirty-nine south to the northwest corner of township thirty-nine south, range thirty-one east; thence south, on the range line dividing ranges thirty and thirty-one east, to the southwest corner of township thirty-nine south, range thirty-one east; thence west on the township line dividing townships thirty-nine and forty south, to the northwest corner of township forty south, range twenty-eight east; thence north on the range line dividing ranges twenty-seven and twenty-eight east to the place of beginning.

History.—s. 3, ch. 3770, 1887; s. 1, ch. 8513, 1921; CGL 60.

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Wilson v. Ake, 354 F. Supp. 2d 1298 (M.D. Fla. 2005).

Cited 24 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 1 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 611, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 755, 2005 WL 281272

Federal Defense of Marriage Act ("DOMA"), 1 U.S.C. § 7; 28 U.S.C. § 1738C,[1] and Florida Statutes § 741.212

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Marty v. Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC, 43 F. Supp. 3d 1333 (S.D. Fla. 2014).

Cited 8 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 124180, 2014 WL 4388415

...erbated by the fact that it is in metallic white print on a metallic silver background and it is blocked by the carton. The defendant maintains that the “Product of USA” disclaimer complies with the TTB’s font size requirements under 27 C.F.R. § 7.28 (b) and the Court need only look to the label itself to reject the plaintiffs’ illegibility claim....

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Miller v. U.S. Dep't of Agric. Farm Servs. Agency, 143 F.3d 1413 (11th Cir. 1998).

Cited 3 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 12808

...between farmers and the state and county committees. See 16 U.S.C. § 590h(b); 7 C.F.R. §§ 7.4 , 7.9, 7.22. By regulation, employees of the county and local ASCS committees are hired by and serve at the pleasure of these committees. See 7 C.F.R. §§ 7.28 , 7.29....

...his position because of charges that he had violated ASCS policies upon his receipt of information of possible criminal activity. Immediately following the hearing, the Alabama Committee voted to terminate Miller’s employment pursuant to 7 C.F.R. § 7.28 ....

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Miller v. USDA Farm Servs. Agency, 143 F.3d 1413 (11th Cir. 1998).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...liaisons between farmers and the state and county committees. See 16 U.S.C. § 590h(b); 7 C.F.R. §§ 7.4, 7.9, 7.22. By regulation, employees of the county and local ASCS committees are hired by and serve at the pleasure of these committees. See 7 C.F.R. §§ 7.28, 7.29....

...removing Miller from his position because of charges that he had violated ASCS policies upon his receipt of information of possible criminal activity. Immediately following the hearing, the Alabama Committee voted to terminate Miller’s employment pursuant to 7 C.F.R. § 7.28....

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Brennan v. Brennan, 192 So. 2d 782 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1966).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1966 Fla. App. LEXIS 4674

...The defendant has the burden of pleading and proving that the venue is improper. Defendant’s privilege of venue is a matter of defense and may be waived if not timely or sufficiently asserted. 1 The method of pleading the privilege of venue is well summarized by Dean Burnes in Florida Civil Practice Before Trial, Venue § 7.28 (The Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education, 1963) : “Prior to 1950, the privilege of venue was raised by a ‘plea of privilege of venue’, which was a dilatory plea in the nature of a plea in abatement....

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