Legal Briefs
Legal Briefs Case 1 Citation: Miami Herald Publishing Co. ... The Legal History: The legality of this situation was based upon the state’s “right to reply” statue. ... The Legal History: The first part of this issue, the actual court proceedings against the Red Lion for violating the fairness doctrine, began in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. ... The Legal History: While this is not a Supreme Court case, and therefore does not have a history of lower court decisions, there is significant history involving such issues at hand.