Judge Atkins presided over a number of landmark cases. including the unprecedented desegregation of Dade County schools in 1969. In 1970. he presided over an important environmental case and ruled that there was a public interest in protecting wildlife from discharge from a nuclear plant into Biscayne Bay. Judge Atkins found the City of Miami guilty of a pattern of harassment of the Citys homeless population and showed great courage in overturning Federal policies that required the repatriation of Haitian and Cuban refugees at Guantanamo Bay. Judge Atkins often made these rulings with little fanfare but always with a deep. abiding respect for the rule of law and equality. He was respected because of his application of the law without respect to race. creed. religion. or national origin.
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