NATION IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Fruit Compensation Law Fought in Court
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The citrus canker scare that led to the burning of 20 million fruit trees in the mid-1980s reached the state Supreme Court in Tallahassee, Fla., with growers arguing that a compensation plan violates their rights. They said a law passed by the Legislature providing a $30-million compensation fund and setting up an administrative hearing procedure was unconstitutional because it denied them their right to have compensations settled in court.
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