PINECREST, FLA. (WSVN) – Judge James Lawrence King has passed away at the age of 98 at his home in Pinecrest on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Miami native was a former U.S. District Judge in the southern district of Florida, and was appointed by U.S. President Richard Nixon.<\/p>\n
King was known to preside over thousands of landmark cases that shaped modern South Florida.<\/p>\n
His major accomplishments include the halting of a mass deportation of Haitians seeking asylum in 1980.<\/p>\n
King is survived by his wife and his four adult children.<\/p>\n
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