Legal Opinion

Morgan v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 21, 1975No. 73-931PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

309 So.2d 552 (1975)

Lucy Ware MORGAN, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 73-931.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 21, 1975.

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

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Richard C. Booth and Davis Anderson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

GRIMES, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order holding a reporter in contempt for refusing to divulge to the State Attorney her source of information for a newspaper article.

On November 1, 1973, there appeared in the Pasco Times,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Barnes v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
  2. Johnson v. TraderSupreme Court of Florida · 1951
  3. Taulty v. HobbySupreme Court of Florida · 1954

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Morgan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  2. Morgan v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
  3. Munsell v. BludworthDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985

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