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  2. Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo - Wikipedia

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    Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo, [a] 418 U.S. 241 (1974), was a seminal First Amendment ruling by the United States Supreme Court. [2] The Supreme Court overturned a Florida state law that required newspapers to offer equal space to political candidates who wished to respond to election-related editorials or endorsements.

  3. Florida Statutes - Wikipedia

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    The Florida Statutes are the codified, statutory laws of Florida; it currently has 49 titles. A chapter in the Florida Statutes represents all relevant statutory laws on a particular subject. [1] The statutes are the selected reproduction of the portions of each session law, which are published in the Laws of Florida, that have general ...

  4. Florida Rules of Civil Procedure - Wikipedia

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    The Florida Supreme Court adopted the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure in March 1954. [2] The proper abbreviation for the rules is Fla.R.Civ.P. [3] The rules may be amended, or new rules added, from time to time and upon the approval of the Florida Supreme Court.

  5. Williams Rule - Wikipedia

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    The legislature of Florida has also codified the Williams Rule in Florida Statute section 90.404(2)(a). [2] The federal analogue to Florida's Williams Rule is codified under rules 404(a)(2) and 404(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Evidence .

  6. Law of Florida - Wikipedia

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    The Florida Statutes are the codified statutory laws of the state. [1] The Florida Constitution defines how the statutes must be passed into law, and defines the limits of authority and basic law that the Florida Statutes must be complied with. Laws are approved by the Florida Legislature and signed into law by the Governor of Florida. Certain ...

  7. Shepard's Citations - Wikipedia

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    In March 1999, LexisNexis released an online version, named Shepard's Citation Service. [7] While print versions of Shepard's remain in use, their use is declining. Although learning to Shepardize in print was once a rite of passage for all first-year law students, [2] the Shepard's Citations booklets in hardcopy format are cryptic compared to the online version, because of the need to cram as ...

  8. Florida Legislature - Wikipedia

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    Its statutes, called "chapter laws" or generically as "slip laws" when printed separately, are compiled into the Laws of Florida and are called "session laws". [9] The Florida Statutes are the codified statutory laws of the state. [9] In 2009, legislators filed 2,138 bills for consideration.

  9. Laws of Florida - Wikipedia

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    The Laws of Florida are the session laws of the Florida Legislature, a verbatim publication of the general and special laws enacted by the Florida Legislature in a given year and published each year following the regular session of the legislature.