Legal Opinion

WFTV, Inc. v. Roe

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 4, 1998No. 98-0471Published

1Per curiam

Petitioner seeks certiorari review of Paragraph 4 of the trial court’s order granting its motion to intervene to obtain access to judicial records. Petitioner contends Paragraph 4 of the trial court’s order imposes an unlawful prior restraint in that it provides:

No names, pictures or any other identifying information involving the child in question, his biological family, his foster parent and any other children in the foster home shall be used in any media form....

Petitioner argues that the provision is overly broad because it restrains its use of lawfully gained information from independent…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Landmark Communications, Inc. v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Florida Pub. Co. v. BrookeDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
  3. Jacksonville Television, Inc. v. Florida Department of Health & Rehabilitative ServicesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994

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