Miami Herald Pub. Co. v. Marko

How courts have described this case

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

• “Implicit in the power of the grand jury to investigate and expose official misconduct is the right of the people to be informed of its findings.”
• grand juries in Florida are “not confined to an indictment function” but also have the right to “express the view of the citizenry with respect to public bodies and officials”
• “It is undoubtedly for this reason that the legislature has now afforded an opportunity to prevent the publication of unfavorable material through the repression of matter that is ‘improper and unlawful.’”
• conclusion that officers were unfit to serve as highway patrolmen was consistent with officers' conduct where one officer considered altering the appearance of a crime scene after he fatally shot a suspect during an unauthorized drug investigation
• “[A] grand jury may legally recommend the removal of public officials.”
• “Florida grand juries are not confined to an indictment function”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).