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NEWS-PRESS PUBLISHING CO., INC. v. GADD

No. 80-1376.

388 So.2d 276 (1980)

NEWS-PRESS PUBLISHING CO., INC., d/b/a Fort Myers News-Press, Petitioner, v. John GADD, As Chief Executive Officer of Lee Memorial Hospital, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Carta of Smith, Carta & Ringsmuth, Fort Myers, for petitioner.

Gerald W. Pierce of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, Fort Myers, for respondent.

Joy M. Packer of Rahdert & Packer, St. Petersburg, counsel for Times Publishing Company, amicus curiae.

DANAHY, Judge.

News-Press Publishing Company, Inc., petitions for writ of certiorari to review orders of the circuit court which (1) denied its motion to strike affirmative defenses and (2) denied a motion for protective order barring the deposition of its publisher. We grant certiorari.1

This case concerns the permissible scope of discovery and the type of defenses which may be raised in a mandamus action to compel inspection...

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