FLORIDA Publishing Company, a Florida Corporation, Petitioner (Defendant),
v.
Klenna Ann Fletcher, Etc., Respondent (Plaintiffs).
Supreme Court of Florida.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 7, 1976.
Rehearing Denied January 10, 1977.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Harold B. Wahl, of Wahl & Gabel, Jacksonville, for petitioner.
Ellis E. Neder, Jr., and Rudolph J. Inman, Jr., Jacksonville, for respondent.
George D. Gabel, Jr., of Wahl & Gabel, Jacksonville, and Richard N. Winfield and Betty B. Robbins, of Rogers & Wells, New York City, for Associated Press.
Charles S. Isler, Jr., and George P. Daniels, of Isler, Higby, Brown & Smoak, Panama City, for Florida Freedom Newspapers, Inc.
William C. Ballard, of Baynard, Lang & Ballard, St. Petersburg, for Times Publishing Co.
Ted R. Manry, III, of MacFarlane, Ferguson, Alison & Kelly, Clearwater, for The Tribune Co.
J. Laurent Scharff, of Pierson, Ball & Dowd, Washington, D.C., and George D. Gabel, Jr., of Wahl & Gabel, Jacksonville, for Radio Television News Directors Association.
George D. Gabel, Jr., of Wahl & Gabel, Jacksonville, for The Greater Jacksonville Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists/Sigma Delta Chi.
William G. Mateer, of Mateer, Harbert, Bechtel & Phalin, Orlando, and John W. Fleming and Rex Conrad, of Fleming, O'Bryan & Fleming, Fort Lauderdale, for Gore Newspapers Co. and Sentinel Star Co.
Dan Paul and Sanford L. Bohrer, of Paul & Thomson, Miami, for The Miami Herald Publishing Co., The New York Times Company and Gannett Company, Inc.
DuBose Ausley and C. Gary Williams, of Ausley, McMullen, McGehee, Carothers & Proctor, Tallahassee, for The Tallahassee Democrat and Florida Society of Newspaper Editors.
James D. Whisenand, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Sharyn L. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., State of Florida, amici curiae.
Supreme Court of Florida.
ROBERTS, Justice.
This cause is before us on petition for writ of certiorari to review the decision of the District Court of Appeal, First District, in Fletcher v. Florida Publishing Co., reported at 319 So.2d 100 (Fla.App. 1, 1975), which directly conflicts with Jacova v. Southern Radio and Television Co.,83 So.2d 34 (Fla. 1955), thereby vesting jurisdiction in this Court pursuant...
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