FREDDIE LEE CLYDE HARRISON, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• The Miami Herald Publ'g Co. v. Aurelio ANE, 423 So. 2d 376 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982)
  …a public figure libel action and although the court noted that defamation suits were governed by a dual standard for public and private individuals, it neglected to articulate what standard applied to private individuals. Finkel v. Sun Tattler Co., 348 So. 2d 51 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977), cert, denied, 358 So. 2d 135 (Fla. 1978). Another district stated that under Gertz, private plaintiffs no longer need prove actual malice, but also failed to state which standard of fault would apply. See Helton v. United Press…
• Coleman v. Palmer W. Collins, 384 So. 2d 229 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980)
  …re, the case is governed by New York Times Company v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 84 S.Ct. 710, 11 L.Ed.2d 686 (1964). Counsel for the plaintiff conceded this before the trial court, and the decision of this Court in Finkel v. Sun Tattler Company, Inc., 348 So. 2d 51 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977), cert. den., 358 So. 2d 135 (Fla.1978), so holds. Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc. v. Early, 334 So. 2d 50 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976), cert. den. 354 So. 2d 351 (Fla.1977), cert. den. 439 U.S. 910, 99 S.Ct. 277, 58 L.Ed.2d 255 (1978), traces…
• Wilkinson v. Fla. Adult Care Ass'n, 450 So. 2d 1168 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984)
  …5, 91 S.Ct. 628, 28 L.Ed.2d 57 (1971) (town mayor as candidate for county tax assessor); Menendez v. Key West Newspaper Corp., 293 So. 2d 751 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974) (candidate for city commission); (3) to former officeholders: Finkel v. Sun Tattler Co., 348 So. 2d 51 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977), cert. denied, 358 So. 2d 135 (Fla.1978) (former city attorney); Rinaldi v. Viking Penguin, Inc., 101 Misc.2d 928, 422 N.Y.S.2d 552 (N.Y.Sup.Ct.1979), modified, 73 A.D.2d 43, 425 N.Y.S.2d 101 (1980), aff'd, 52 [*1172] N.Y.2d 422,…

Authorities Cited

• Dobbert v. State, 328 So. 2d 433 (Fla. 1976)
• Dane Craig Garrison v. State, 340 So. 2d 1171 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976)
• State v. Diggs, 336 So. 2d 446 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976)