Personal Injury & Torts
Sep. 6, 2001
Blocking the View
When the U.S. Supreme Court decided The Florida Star v. BJF , 491 U.S. 524 (1989), many legal commentators declared the right of privacy dead. In Florida Star , the high court held that a rape victim was unable to maintain her privacy action against the newspaper that had, in violation of a Florida statute, printed her full name in its report of the crime.
When the U.S. Supreme Court decided The Florida Star v. BJF, 491 U.S. 524 (1989), many legal commentators declared the right of privacy dead. In Florida Star, the high court held that a rape victim was unable to maintain her privacy action against the newspaper that had, in violation of a Florida statute, printed her full name in i...
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