Cover -- FIFTY YEARS OF JUSTICE -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. From the Southern to the U.S. Middle District of Florida, 1950s-1962 -- 2. The U.S. Middle District of Florida, First Years, 1962-1968 -- 3. The Middle District and Civil Rights, 1962-1968 -- 4. Adjudicating Equality Continues: The Middle District and School Desegregation, 1968-1976 -- 5. The Middle District and the War on Crime, 1968-1976 -- 6. Growing Pains, Constitutional Questions, and Bankruptcy,1976-1980 -- 7. A New Era Begins: The Reagan Years, 1980-1988 -- 8. Drugs, Drugs, and More Drugs, 1980-1988 -- 9. Mad Dogs, Spies, and International Weapons Dealers -- 10. Income Tax Evasion, the Death Penalty, the Environment, the AIDS Epidemic, Desegregation, and Voting and Employment Discrimination, 1980-1988 -- 11. New Judges, New Challenges, 1988-1992 -- 12. The Court Expands and Confronts Antigovernment Activity,1992-2000 -- 13. Bankruptcy in the Middle District, 1984-2000 -- 14. First Amendment, Abortion Rights, Employment Discrimination, and School Desegregation Litigation Runs Its Course, 1992-2000 -- 15. Drugs, Outlaws, Fraud, Pollution, Endangered Species, and a Baby Named Sabrina -- 16. "It's a Tidal Wave . . . and I'm Not Kidding about It!" -- 17. Into the New Century, 2000-2004 -- 18. Contesting Sentencing Guidelines, the Patriot Act, Terrorism, and Cases Involving International Questions -- 19. Constitutional Questions of the Twenty-First-Century Court -- 20. Income Tax Evasion, Medicare Fraud, Organized Crime, Environmental Disputes, and Bankruptcy -- 21. Closing Arguments and Taking Stock: Fifty Years of Justice -- Appendix: Judicial Officers, Middle District of Florida -- U.S. District Judges -- U.S. Magistrate Judges -- U.S. Bankruptcy Judges -- U.S. Attorneys -- U.S. Marshals -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.