533 So. 2d 817 - Broward County v. Finlayson’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. State of North Carolina · 471 So. 2d 4 - Pan-Am Tobacco v. Department of Corrections · Treadway v. Terrell · 461 So. 2d 82 - Flack v. Graham · 400 So. 2d 1031 - Broward County v. Sattler
Most-quoted passages
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“fundamental fairness suggests that where the sovereign is liable for a debt because of a wrongful act, it is not improper to award prejudgment interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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