Legal Opinion
Pennekamp v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided July 24, 1945PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Stayed pending appeal U. S. Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
TERRELL, J.:
On November 2, 1944, the Circuit Court of Dade County issued a citation to John D. Pennekamp and the Miami Herald Publishing Company, appellants, commanding them to show cause on a day certain why they should not be adjudged in contempt. The basis for the citation was two editorials and a cartoon published in the Miami Herald. The first editorial and the cartoon were published November 2, 1944, and was as follows:
“Courts Are Established — FOR THE PEOPLE
“The Courts belong to the people. The people have established them to promote justice, insure obedience to the law and to Punish…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Schenck v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Whitney v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Pennekamp v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- LaGRANGE ETC. v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1958
- In Re Florida Rules of Criminal ProcedureSupreme Court of Florida · 1967
- Turkington v. Municipal CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948
- In Re Amend. to Fla. Rules of Cr. Proc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1992
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