OCALA STAR-BANNER COMPANY, A FLORIDA CORPORATION, AND LOYAL PHILLIPS, INDIVIDUALLY, APPELLANTS,
v.
LEONARD DAMRON, APPELLEE
OCALA STAR-BANNER COMPANY, A FLORIDA CORPORATION, AND LOYAL PHILLIPS, INDIVIDUALLY, APPELLANTS,
LEONARD DAMRON, APPELLEE
231 So. 2d 822
Florida Supreme Court (1970)
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Cited by 6 cases
Opinion of the Court
Review having been sought by direct appeal from the District Court of Appeal, *823First District, and argument having been heard and the record having been examined, it is our opinion and we hold that the cause sub judice is not within the orbit of the jurisdiction of this court as set forth by Section 4(2), Article V, Constitution • of Florida, F.S.A. Therefore the cause is dismissed ex mero motu.
It is so ordered.
ERVIN, C. J., and ROBERTS, DREW, ADKINS and BOYD, JJ., concur.
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Ocala Star-Banner Co. v. Damron, 401 U.S. 295 (U.S. 1971)…by the rule announced in the New York Times case. It follows therefore that the trial judge correctly held that it was unnecessary for the plaintiff to show malice.” 221 So. 2d 459, 461. The Supreme Court of Florida refused to review the judgment, 231 So. 2d 822, and we granted certiorari to consider the federal constitutional issues presented.3 397 U. S. 1073. As the mayor of Crystal River, the respondent Leonard Damron was without question a “public official” within the meaning given the term in New York…
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Bufalino v. The Associated Press, 692 F.2d 266 (2d Cir. 1982)…clusion we reach here. See Foster v. Laredo Newspapers, Inc., 541 S.W. 2d 809, 815-16 (Texas 1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1123, 97 S.Ct. 1160, 51 L.Ed.2d 573 (1977); Ocala Star-Banner Co. v. Damron, 221 So. 2d 459 (Fla. App.1969), appeal dismissed, 231 So. 2d 822 (Fla.1970), rev'd on other grounds, 401 U.S. 295, 91 S.Ct. 628, 28 L.Ed.2d 57 (1971). To the extent other decisions have taken a contrary position, see Goodrick v. Gannett Co., 500 F.Supp. 125 (D.Del.1980); Stone v. Essex County Newspapers, Inc., 36…