Florida Star v. B. J. F.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that First Amendment precluded damages action brought by rape victim against newspaper for publishing victim’s name when name was obtained from publicly released police report
• barring recovery for publication of rape victim’s name when newspa per legally obtained information from police report
• applying strict scrutiny to statute limiting a journalist’s ability to publish the name of a sexual assault victim
• publishing information of rape victim lawfully obtained is not automatically protected
• “Even assuming the Constitution permitted a State to proscribe receipt of information, Florida has not taken this step”
• reporter in police room copied police report and published article with rape victim’s full name

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Other cases named Florida Star v. B. J. F.

4 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Florida Star v. B. J. F.
  Supreme Court· 1988-10-11· cited 4×
• Florida Star v. B. J. F.
  Supreme Court· 1987-12-14· cited 3×
• Florida Star v. B. J. F.
  Supreme Court· 1987-12-14· cited 2×
• Florida Star v. B. J. F.
  Supreme Court· 1988-10-11