SMITH v. BUTTERWORTH

No. 87-143-CIV-FTM-17.

678 F.Supp. 1552 (1988)

Michael SMITH, Plaintiff, v. Robert A. BUTTERWORTH, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Florida, and T. Edward Austin, Jr., as State Attorney assigned to the Charlotte County Special Grand Jury, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Tampa Division.

February 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg D. Thomas, Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff.

George L. Waas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Legal Affairs, Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants.


ORDER

KOVACHEVICH, District Judge.

This cause is before the Court on plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction, defendants' motion to dismiss or motion for summary judgment, defendants' supplement, and plaintiff's supplement.

FACTS:

Plaintiff Michael Smith ("Smith") is a professional reporter employed by the Punta Gorda Herald, Inc., publisher of the Charlotte Herald-News, a newspaper distributed in Charlotte County, Florida...

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