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Benjamin Frederick Overton (December 15, 1926 – December 29, 2012) was a justice of the
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. Ben Overton was born December 15, 1926, in
Green Bay, Wisconsin Green Bay is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The county seat of Brown County, it is at the head of Green Bay (known locally as "the bay of Green Bay"), a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It is above sea lev ...
. He was a
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from the
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of
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. Overton graduated from the
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with his
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in 1951, and from the University of Florida
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with his
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in 1952. He received his
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degree from the
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. He was a city attorney for
St. Petersburg, Florida St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 258,308, making it the fifth-most populous city in Florida and the second-largest city in the Tampa Bay Area, after Tampa. It is the ...
from 1954 to 1957, and he became a circuit judge in 1964. Overton served as a Florida Supreme Court Justice from 1974 to 1999. From 1976 to 1978, he served as the Chief Justice of the Court. Overton, 86, died December 29, 2012, in Gainesville, Florida of complications from heart surgery. Former Florida Supreme Court Justice Overton dies
," ''Orlando Sentinel'' (December 30, 2012). Retrieved December 30, 2012.


See also

* List of Pi Kappa Phi alumni *
List of Levin College of Law graduates This list of University of Florida Levin College of Law graduates includes notable recipients of one or more academic law degrees (LL.B., J.D., LL.M.) from the Levin College of Law, the law school of the University of Florida, located in Gainesv ...
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List of University of Florida alumni This list of University of Florida alumni includes current students, former students, and graduates of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Honorary degree recipients can be found on the List of University of Florida honorary degree ...
* List of University of Virginia alumni


References

1926 births 2012 deaths Politicians from Green Bay, Wisconsin Chief Justices of the Florida Supreme Court Fredric G. Levin College of Law alumni University of Virginia School of Law alumni Justices of the Florida Supreme Court 20th-century American judges {{Florida-state-judge-stub