Legal Opinion
Dennis Reeves Cooper v. Gordon A. Dillon
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 22, 2005No. 04-11150PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to determine the constitutionality under the First Amendment of a Florida statutory provision which makes it a misdemeanor for a participant in an internal investigation of a law enforcement officer to disclose any information obtained pursuant to the investigation before it becomes public record. 1 The district court found that the statute did not abridge fundamental freedoms of speech and of the press guaranteed by the United States Constitution. Because the statute is a content-based restriction which chills speech that “lies near the core of…
2Cases cited55 opinions
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3Cited by107 opinions
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