Spinks v. Lindsey
Spinks v. Lindsey
Opinion of the Court
Petition for writ of prohibition denied.
Dissenting Opinion
dissenting.
I think that this case is one where the doctrine of preemption applies. The defendant allegedly took computer programs which were copyrighted by Thomas W. Ward & Associates, Inc. When a state crime is substantially equivalent in its elements to that of a federal crime, then the prosecution of the state crime is preempted
I believe that there is also support among our own Florida decisions for the application of the doctrine of preemption in this case. Pincus v. Hon. James T. Carlisle and Hon. John D. Wessel, 585 So.2d 1172 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991); Garrido v. Burger King Corp., 558 So.2d 79 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990). I would grant prohibition.
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