Case Name: Richard W. PRATT, Walter H. Wyar, Jr., James E. Boyette, Burdette R. Parent, Jr., Keith M. Silver, Jerry D. Marlar and Robert L. Wiedemann, d/b/a Valdes, McLain, Pratt & Co., a Florida partnership, Appellants, v. Harold WHITCOMB, an individual, and Harold Whitcomb and Robert Christopher, d/b/a Whitcomb & Christopher, a Florida partnership; Lauren Ritchie and Sentinel Star Company; and Lindsay Newspapers, Inc., publisher of the Sarasota Herald Tribune, and John Hamner, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-06-22
Citations: 436 So. 2d 222
Docket Number: No. 82-2505
Parties: Richard W. PRATT, Walter H. Wyar, Jr., James E. Boyette, Burdette R. Parent, Jr., Keith M. Silver, Jerry D. Marlar and Robert L. Wiedemann, d/b/a Valdes, McLain, Pratt & Co., a Florida partnership, Appellants, v. Harold WHITCOMB, an individual, and Harold Whitcomb and Robert Christopher, d/b/a Whitcomb & Christopher, a Florida partnership; Lauren Ritchie and Sentinel Star Company; and Lindsay Newspapers, Inc., publisher of the Sarasota Herald Tribune, and John Hamner, Appellees.
Judges: SCHEB, A.C.J., and RYDER and CAMPBELL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 436
Pages: 222–222

Head Matter:
Richard W. PRATT, Walter H. Wyar, Jr., James E. Boyette, Burdette R. Parent, Jr., Keith M. Silver, Jerry D. Marlar and Robert L. Wiedemann, d/b/a Valdes, McLain, Pratt & Co., a Florida partnership, Appellants, v. Harold WHITCOMB, an individual, and Harold Whitcomb and Robert Christopher, d/b/a Whitcomb & Christopher, a Florida partnership; Lauren Ritchie and Sentinel Star Company; and Lindsay Newspapers, Inc., publisher of the Sarasota Herald Tribune, and John Hamner, Appellees.
No. 82-2505.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
June 22, 1983.
Richard A. Gilbert of de la Parte & Gilbert, P.A., Tampa, for appellants.
William E. Partridge of Dickinson, O’Riorden, Gibbons, Quale, Shields & Carlton, P.A., Sarasota, for appellees, Whitcomb and Christopher.
Frank J. Holroyd, Jr., Sarasota, for appel-lees, Lindsay Newspapers, Inc. and John Hamner.
Steven Carta and David Evans of Smith, Carta, Ringsmuth & Kluttz, Fort Myers, for amicus curiae, News-Press Publishing Co., on behalf of appellees, Lauren Ritchie, Sentinel Star Company, Lindsay Newspapers, Inc., and John Hamner.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed.
SCHEB, A.C.J., and RYDER and CAMPBELL, JJ., concur.