Legal Opinion
Damron v. Ocala Star-Banner Co.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided June 20, 1972No. Q-215PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
Damron appeals a final summary judgment in favor of appellee-newspaper. This cause has been the subject matter of protracted litigation. Damron initially recovered a judgment in his action for libel against the Ocala Star-Banner. This Court sustained the judgment appealed. 221 So.2d 459 (1 Fla.App.1969). The Federal Supreme Court granted certiorari and reversed. 401 U.S. 295, 91 S.Ct. 628, 28 L.Ed.2d 57 (1971). The trial judge found in the summary judgment now appealed that the Federal Supreme Court:
“. . . has held that under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Monitor Patriot Co. v. RoySupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Ocala Star-Banner Co. v. DamronSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Stegall v. WTWV, INC.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1992
- Menendez v. Key West Newspaper Corp.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974
- Green Valley Sch., Inc. v. Cowles Fla. Broad., Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976
- Helton v. United Press InternationalDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974
- Craig v. Moore, Circuit Court of the 4th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Duval County1978
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