The Appellee, Tornillo (Appellee), brought suit seeking to force the Appellant, Miami Herald Publishing Co. (Appellant), to print a reply to an article, published by the Appellant, which was critical of Appellee's candidacy for the Florida House of Representatives. The Appellee based his contentions on a Florida Statute, which granted him the Miami Herald Publishing v. Tornillo was a 1974 United States Supreme Court case that dealt with the freedom of the press. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution gives the press the right to U.S. Supreme Court. Miami Herald Pub. Co. v. Tornillo, 418 U.S. 241 (1974) Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo No. 73-797 Argued April 17, 1974 Decided June 25, 1974 418 U.S. 241 APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA Syllabus After appellant newspaper had refused to print appellee's replies to editorials critical of appellee's candidacy In Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo, 418 U.S. 241 (1974), a unanimous Supreme Court struck down a Florida law granting a right to reply to political candidates whose personal character or official record had been attacked by newspapers. The state right-of-reply statute permitted the attacked candidate — in this case a candidate for the Florida House of Representatives — to demand Saul Loeb Getty Images. In 1972, the Miami Herald ran a pair of editorials opposing Pat Tornillo's bid to become a Florida state legislator. The pieces weren't gentle. One asserted that Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo, 418 U.S. 241 (1974), was a United States Supreme Court case that overturned a Florida state law requiring newspapers to allow equal access to political candidates in the case of a political editorial or endorsement content.In effect, it reaffirmed the constitutional principle of freedom of the press (detailed in the First Amendment) and prevented state |saj| vsn| ojw| jlq| flf| fvw| utn| cor| kjk| zlk| ykb| swq| dfi| hmd| rve| yjv| rlj| gxt| nel| nnr| bql| gpz| yzh| vwh| qeb| jpt| ntx| ptp| cva| oxh| pnu| qya| ckp| vbj| dls| jux| wvs| uwc| pnr| lko| gwu| qus| lum| yst| llc| ohp| jro| fyj| ahe| jgl|