Legal Opinion
Florida Star v. B. J. F.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 21, 1989No. 87-329PublishedCited by 477 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
Florida Stat. §794.03 (1987) makes it unlawful to “print, publish, or broadcast... in any instrument of mass communication” the name of the victim of a sexual offense.1 Pursuant to this statute, appellant The Florida Star was found civilly liable for publishing the name of a rape victim which it had obtained from a publicly released police report. The issue presented here is whether this result comports with the First Amendment. We hold that it does not.
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The Florida Star is a weekly newspaper which serves the community of Jacksonville, Florida, and which has an average circulation of…
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