MIAMI HERALD PUBLISHING CO. v. MOREJON

No. 73195.

561 So.2d 577 (1990)

The MIAMI HERALD PUBLISHING CO., Etc., et al., Petitioners, v. Aristides MOREJON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford L. Bohrer and Jerold I. Budney of Thomson, Muraro, Bohrer & Razook, P.A., Samuel A. Terilli, Jr., Gen. Counsel, and Richard J. Ovelmen of Baker & McKenzie, Miami, for petitioners.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Bruce A. Rosenthal, Asst. Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, for respondent.

Gregg D. Thomas, Steven L. Brannock and Carol Jean LoCicero of Holland & Knight, Tampa, for amicus curiae Tribune Co.

Dan Paul and Frank Burt of Tew, Jorden, Schulte & Beasley, Miami, and George Freeman, New York Times Co., New York City, for amici curiae New York Times Regional Newspaper Group Florida Newspapers.


McDONALD, Justice.

We review Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Morejon, 529 So.2d 1204 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988), in which the district court certified the following question as one of great public importance:

[W]hether a news journalist has a qualified privilege under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, as interpreted by the Florida Supreme Court in Morgan...

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