Legal Opinion
Butterworth v. Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 21, 1990No. 88-1993PublishedCited by 140 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
A Florida statute, with certain limited exceptions, prohibits a grand jury witness from ever disclosing testimony which he gave before that body. We hold that insofar as the Florida law prohibits a grand jury witness from disclosing his own testimony after the term of the grand jury has ended, it violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Respondent was a reporter for the Charlotte Herald-News in Charlotte County, Florida. While writing a series of newspaper articles, he obtained information relevant to alleged improprieties committed by the Charlotte County State…
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3Cited by140 opinions
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