MORGAN v. WHITT

No. 85-8241-CIV.

611 F.Supp. 821 (1985)

Frank MORGAN, Plaintiff, v. Dennis WHITT and James Tice in their individual and official capacities, and the City of Lake Park, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida, N.D.

June 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Green, West Palm Beach, Fla., for plaintiff.

Richard Gaunt, Jr. and John Romano, West Palm Beach, Fla., for defendants.


GONZALEZ, District Judge.

Plaintiff Frank Morgan, a writer for a local newspaper in Palm Beach County, has sued Dennis Whitt and James Tice, employees of the City of Lake Park, along with the City itself, for violating his First Amendment right to freedom of the press in contravention of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Mr. Morgan's complaint alleges in pertinent part that defendants Whitt and Tice, acting under "color of state...

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