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· 2/2/1989

Firestone v. News-Press Pub. Co., Inc.

Citations

  • 538 So. 2d 457
  • 1989 WL 9192

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • court may place narrowing construction on statute, so long as it does not effectively rewrite the statute
  • wherein the court rejected an argument that section 109.121, Florida Statutes, prohibited a parent from taking their child into the voting booth
  • “Restrictions on first amendment rights must be supported by a compelling governmental interest and must be narrowly drawn to insure that there is no more infringement than is necessary.”
  • exclusion of non-voters from area within 50 feet of polling room
  • exclusion of non-voters from area within 50 feet of polling room
  • state failed to substantiate claims that exit polling disrupted voting

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Judges: Per Curiam

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