CBS INC. v. SMITH

No. 88-0283-CIV.

681 F.Supp. 794 (1988)

CBS INC., American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., National Broadcasting Company, Inc. and Miami Daily News, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Jim SMITH, in his official capacity as Secretary of State of the State of Florida, and David Leahy, in his official capacity as the Supervisor of Elections of Dade County, Florida and as representative of a defendant class of all County Supervisors of Elections in the State of Florida, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida.

As Amended April 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald M. Middlebrooks, Steel Hector & Davis, Miami, Fla., Floyd Abrams, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York City, Joseph P. Averill, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs.

Arden Siegendorf, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Fla., Dept. of Legal Affairs, Tallahassee, Fla., Thomas W. Logue, Asst. Co. Atty., Miami, Fla., for defendants.


ORDER OF PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION, FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

MARCUS, District Judge.

THIS CAUSE has come before the Court upon the Emergency Motion by the Plaintiffs CBS Inc. ("CBS"), American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. ("ABC"), National Broadcasting Company, Inc. ("NBC") and Miami Daily News Inc. ("The Miami News") for a preliminary injunction enjoining the Defendants Secretary of State Jim Smith and David Leahy, Supervisor of Elections of...

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