Legal Opinion

Morgan v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 3, 1975No. 74-619PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

325 So.2d 40 (1975)

Lucy Ware MORGAN, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 74-619.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 3, 1975.

William C. Ballard, of Baynard, McLeod, Lang & Ballard, St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Davis G. Anderson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

McNULTY, Chief Judge.

Appellant, a news reporter claiming a First and Fourteenth Amendment privilege of confidentiality of news sources, was twice found guilty of contempt for refusing to answer certain questions propounded, in the first case,…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Shillitani v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Edward L. Carey v. Britt Hume, Jack AndersonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
  5. Sherrie Bursey and Brenda Joyce Presley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Pugliese v. PuglieseSupreme Court of Florida · 1977
  2. Morgan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  3. State v. SandstromSupreme Court of Kansas · 1978
  4. Times Pub. Co. v. BurkeDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
  5. In Re TierneyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976

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