Legal Opinion
Doe v. Supreme Court of Florida
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided March 13, 1990No. 88-8477-CIVPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED FINAL ORDER OF SUMMARY JUDGMENT
MARCUS, District Judge.
THIS CAUSE has come before the Court upon the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment. At issue today is the constitutionality of Florida Bar Rule 3-7.1 insofar as it prohibits complainants from disclosing information regarding Bar disciplinary proceedings. 1 The Rule was triggered in this case when John Doe filed a complaint with the Florida Bar against his former lawyer, alleging deceit and fraud. Doe’s complaint was well founded, according to the Bar, and a private reprimand was issued against the lawyer. The Bar advised…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Clark v. Community for Creative Non-ViolenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Shelton v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by15 opinions
- American Civil Liberties Union and Larry Schack v. The Florida Bar and the Florida Judicial Qualifications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
- Goldstein v. Commission on Practice of the Supreme CourtMontana Supreme Court · 2000
- R.M. v. Supreme Court of New JerseySupreme Court of New Jersey · 2005
- In re BrooksSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1996
- Doe v. State of Florida Judicial Qualifications CommissionDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1990
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