DeSALVO v. STATE

No. 92-CA-2882.

624 So.2d 897 (1993)

Vincent DeSALVO and Jack Harris v. STATE of Louisiana and the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 3, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard P. Elliott, Foye L. Lowe, Jr., Baton Rouge, for applicant.

Vincent J. DeSalvo, Jack P. Harris, Baton Rouge, Richard P. Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., James M. Ross, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Robert E. Winn, Raymond P. Ward, New Orleans, for amicus curiae, State Farm Mut. Auto Ins.


DENNIS, Justice.*

The crucial question in this case is whether a law which prohibits disclosure of state motor vehicle accident reports to anyone except a party to an accident, his or her representative, attorney and insurer, the press, and contractors for on-line driving records, violates the First Amendment rights of lawyers engaged in advertising who seek to gather information from the reports targeting potential clients for mass direct...

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