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case which was the Miami Herald v. Lewis . It’s at 426
Southern Second 1, Florida Supreme Court case, 1982.
 
And then the other stuff that we need, there
are two other items that have bearing on this. The local
Sixth Judicial Circuit has an administrative order. It’s
our Administrative Order PA/PI-CIR—99—77. And it’s
“Re: Electronic Media and Still Photography Coverage of
Judicial Proceedings.”
 
And when you come down to what I feel to be the
salient part of this, basically, would be Number 2, the
media, Subparagraph A, which basically says -- well, let me
read it
-- all electronic media and still photography
coverage shall be in accordance with this administrative
order at Florida Rules of Judicial Administration 2.170.
 
Now, when you go to the Judicial Administrative
Rules from the Florida Rules of Court, year 2000, put out
by West Group, and you come under Rule 2.170 titled
Standards of Conduct and Technology Governing Electronic
Media and Still Photography Coverage of Judicial
Proceedings and you come down to sound and light criteria
on Sub C, under there, three --
 
Well, actually, if you look at the rules,
they’re talking about equipment personnel; and they’re
limiting the number, quite frankly. They’re saying that
you can only have like two television cameras or one

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