Effort
to Compel Publication Rejected
In a recent decision from the Kentucky
Court of Appeals, it affirmed a trial court dismissal of a compliant seeking an
order that the Courier-Journal must publish certain allegations Flint v.
Gannett Co., Inc., No.2016-CA-000046-MR, 2017 WL 1103021 (March 24, 2017).
Flint filed suit against the
Courier-Journal seeking an order that it publish his allegations of legislative
corruption. The trial court dismissed
the action.
On this appeal, the Court of Appeals determined, based upon
settled Supreme Court decisions on the scope of the First Amendment law, that a
court cannot order a newspaper to publish particular materials. On that basis the dismissal of the complaint
was affirmed.
Based upon Flint’s repeated filing of suits and conduct
including filing suit against judges that rule against him, the Court of Appeals ordered that he pay
Gannett’s costs.
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