Post-Newsweek Stations, Florida, Inc. v. Kaye

I respectfully dissent. A careful review of the facts reveals that the petitioners’ motion to disqualify the trial judge was legally sufficient and thus the writ of prohibition should have been granted.

This case arises out of a lawsuit filed by Southern Air Transport, Inc., against petitioners Post-Newsweek Stations, Florida, Inc., d/b/a WPLG Television, et al., seeking damages for libel and slander. Southern Air Transport brought suit against the petitioners, which reported that Southern Air Transport’s planes and pilots were being used by the CIA to transport drugs in exchange for guns used…