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HALIFAX HOSP. MEDICAL CENTER v. NEWS-JOURNAL CORP.

No. 96-3115.

701 So.2d 434 (1997)

HALIFAX HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, Appellant, v. NEWS-JOURNAL CORPORATION, etc., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

November 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold C. Hubka of Black, Crotty, Sims, Hubka, Burnett, Birch, & Samuels, L.L.P., Daytona Beach, and Frederick W. Leonhardt, Jack A. Kirschenbaum and G. Robertson Dilg, of Gray, Harris & Robinson, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant Halifax Hospital Medical Center.

Richard A. Harrison of Allen, Dell, Frank & Trinkle, Tampa, Amicus Curiae for Hillsborough County Hospital Authority d/b/a Tampa General Hospital.

Neil H. Butler of Butler & Long, and George N. Meros, Jr., of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, P.A., and William A. Bell, Tallahassee, Amicus Curiae for North Brevard County Hospital District, et al.

Jonathan D. Kaney, Jr. and Jonathan D. Kaney, III, of Cobb Cole & Bell, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Robert Rivas of Rivas & Rivas, Boca Raton, Amicus Curiae for The First Amendment Foundation, The Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, The Palm Beach Post and Florida Today.

George K. Rahdert, Patricia Fields Anderson, Cynthia L. Hain, of Rahdert, Anderson, McGowan & Steele, P.A., St. Petersburg, Amicus Curiae for Times Publishing Company.

HARRIS, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether the trial court erred in determining that the exemption to Art. I, § 24(a), of the Florida Constitution contained in § 395.3035(4), Florida Statutes, is unconstitutional in that "it is broader than necessary to accomplish the stated purpose of the law." We affirm the trial court but certify the issue to the supreme court as one of exceptional statewide importance.

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