Legal Opinion
Gore Newspapers Company v. Shevin
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided June 19, 1975No. FL 74-103-Civ-NCRPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
ROETTGER, District Judge.
Plaintiff and intervenors publish daily and Sunday newspapers in the State of Florida and seek a declaratory judgment holding that each of two Florida statutes are unconstitutional on its face as violating the First and Fourteeth Amendments to the United States Constitution. One statute requires newspapers to charge political candidates the lowest local advertising rate and the other forbids the distribution of any writing against any candidate on Election Day.
IS A THREE-JUDGE COURT REQUIRED ?
Plaintiff specifically seeks only…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Steffel v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Kennedy v. Mendoza-MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. CohnSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Grosjean v. American Press Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Concerned Democrats of Florida v. RenoDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1978
- National Right to Life Political Action Committee v. McGrathDistrict Court, D. Montana · 1997
- Gore Newspapers Co. v. ShevinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Gulf Coast Orthopedic Center v. Times Publishing Co. (In Re Gulf Coast Orthopedic Center)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · 1997
- Gore Newspapers Company v. Robert L. Shevin, as Attorney General of the State of Florida v. Orlando Sentinel Star Co., Intervenors-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977