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TRIANGLE PUBLICATIONS v. KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSPAPERS

No. 78-1639.

626 F.2d 1171 (1980)

TRIANGLE PUBLICATIONS, INC., a Pennsylvania Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSPAPERS, INC., a Florida Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 24, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reginald L. Williams, Miami, Fla., Melville B. Nimmer, Beverly Hills, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Steel, Hector & Davis, Talbot D'Alemberte, Patricia A. Seitz, James D. Spaniolo, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, BROWN and TATE, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This case raises significant issues under the laws of copyright and free speech. For years, Courts and commentators have recognized a potential conflict between copyright and the First Amendment.1 However, until the District Court's opinion in the case now before us, 445 F.Supp. 875 (S.D.Fla.1978), no Court had ever held that...

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