United States Eleventh Circuit

A Florida statutory provision, which prevents a participant in the internal investigation of a police officer from disclosing any information obtained pursuant to the investigation, is a content based restriction that violates the First Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/22/2005
• Published 03/22/2005

Judges

• BIRCH, Circuit Judge:, Before BIRCH, KRAVITCH and GIBSON , Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Randall C. Marshall, American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, ACLU Foundation of Florida, Inc., Miami, FL, James K. Green, James K. Green, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, M. David Gelfand, Tulane Law School, Thomas W. Milliner, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael T. Burke, Johnson, Anselmo, Murdoch, Burke, Piper & McDuff, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.