the paper won a landmark press freedom decision in "miami herald publishing co. v. tornillo" (1974). in the case, a political candidate, pat tornillo jr., had requested that the "herald" print his rebuttal to an editorial criticizing him, citing florida's "right-to-reply" law, which mandated that newspapers print such responses. represented by longtime counsel dan paul, the "herald" challenged the law, and the case was appealed to the supreme court. the court unanimously overturned the florida statute under the press freedom clause of the first amendment, ruling that "governmental compulsion on a newspaper to publish that which 'reason' tells it should not be published is unconstitutional." the decision showed the limitations of a 1969 decision, "red lion broadcasting co. v. federal communications commission", in which a similar "fairness doctrine" had been upheld for radio and television, and establishing that broadcast and print media had different constitutional protections.