Supreme Court· 6/21/1989
Florida Star v. B. J. F.
Citations
- 491 U.S. 524
- 109 S. Ct. 2603
- 105 L. Ed. 2d 443
- 1989 U.S. LEXIS 3120
- 16 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1801
- 57 U.S.L.W. 4816
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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Judges: Marshall, Scalia, White, O'Connor
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