# Claim 757

The Supreme Court held that Florida's law violated the First Amendment insofar as it barred a grand jury witness from disclosing his own testimony after the grand jury's term had ended.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

- Statement: The Supreme Court held that Florida's law violated the First Amendment insofar as it barred a grand jury witness from disclosing his own testimony after the grand jury's term had ended.
- Field: status
- Value: Court struck down ban on disclosing past testimony
- About: [incident 1990-us-butterworth-v-smith-grand-jury-secrecy](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1990-us-butterworth-v-smith-grand-jury-secrecy)
- Source: Butterworth v. Smith, 494 U.S. 624 (1990). https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0494_0624_ZO.html
- Publisher: Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
- Method: court record
- Checked: 2026-09-26
- Confidence: high
- Status: current
- Source date: 1990-03-21

## Quotation from the source

> We hold that insofar as the Florida law prohibits a grand jury witness from disclosing his own testimony after the term of the grand jury has ended, it violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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