GARDNER v. BRADENTON HERALD, INC.

Nos. 58761, 58735.

413 So.2d 10 (1982)

James A. GARDNER, Appellant, v. The BRADENTON HERALD, INC., Appellee. John DOE, Appellant, v. The BRADENTON HERALD, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied April 28, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and James A. Purdy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for James A. Gardner.

Edwin T. Mulock and Robert A. Farrance of Mulock & Farrance, Bradenton, for John Doe, Appellants.

Larry K. Coleman of Knowles, Blalock, Coleman & Landers, Bradenton, for appellee.


OVERTON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a trial court judgment holding section 934.091, Florida Statutes (1977), unconstitutional because it violates the freedom of the press provisions of the United States Constitution. The subject statutory section makes it a third-degree felony for any person to publish or broadcast in a newspaper, publication, or electronic medium the name of any person who is a party to an interception...

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