George FIRESTONE, Etc., Appellant,
v.
NEWS-PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., etc., Appellee.
Enid EARLE, etc., et al., Appellants,
v.
NEWS-PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., etc., Appellee.
Supreme Court of Florida.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 2, 1989.
Rehearing Denied March 14, 1989.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Jason Vail, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for George Firestone.
Terrence F. Lenick of Allen, Knudsen, Swartz, DeBoest, Rhoads and Edwards, P.A., Fort Myers, for Enid Earle.
Steven Carta of Simpson, Henderson, Savage & Carta, Fort Myers, for appellee.
Wilson W. Wright, Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, amicus curiae for State Ass'n of Sup'rs of Elections, Inc.
Barry Richard of Roberts, Baggett, La-Face & Richard, Tallahassee, and Florence Snyder Rivas of Edwards & Angell, Palm Beach, amici curiae for Pensacola News-Journal, Inc., Cape Publications, Inc., Florida Press Ass'n and Florida Soc. of Newspaper Editors; and in joinder, Sunbeam Television Corp., WTWV, Inc., Post-Newsweek Stations, Florida, Inc., Gannett News Service, Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc., Campus Communications, Inc., Tallahassee Democrat, Inc., Markey Pub. Co., Times Pub. Co., Florida Pub. Co., Solares Hill Publications, Inc., Boca Raton News, Inc., Television 12 of Jacksonville, Inc. and Scripps Howard Broadcasting Co.
Gregg D. Thomas, Laurel Lenfestey Helmers, Laura Whiteside and Carol Jean LoCicero of Holland & Knight, Tampa, amici curiae for The Tribune Co., Tampa Television, Inc. and Jacksonville Television, Inc.
Supreme Court of Florida.
PER CURIAM.
Pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(1), of the Florida Constitution, we review the opinion in News-Press Publishing Co. v. Firestone,527 So.2d 223 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988), wherein the district court of appeal found section 101.121, Florida Statutes (1985), unconstitutional.
This case arose during the primary elections in September 1986. Appellee, a daily newspaper serving Lee County, sent a photographer to...
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