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NEWS-PRESS PUB. CO., INC. v. CARLSON

No. 81-493.

410 So.2d 546 (1982)

NEWS-PRESS PUBLISHING CO., INC., D/B/a Fort Myers News-Press, Appellant, v. Eloise CARLSON, William Daniels, Clifton Foxworthy, Frieda Edwards, Harold C. Case, John Atkinson, John Forsyth, George Austin, Vera M. Campbell, and Larry Daniels, As Duly Elected Board of Directors of Lee Memorial Hospital, and John Gadd, As Chief Executive Officer of Lee Memorial Hospital, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied March 5, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Robert L. Donald of Pavese, Shields, Garner, Haverfield, Kluttz & Cottrell, Fort Myers, for appellees, Eloise Carlson and Larry Daniels.

Andrew D. Owens, Jr. of Dickinson, O'Riorden, Gibbons, Quale, Shields & Carlton, P.A., Sarasota, for appellees, Clifton Foxworthy, Frieda Edwards, Harold C. Case, John Atkinson, John Forsyth, George Austin, Vera M. Campbell, and John Gadd.

Barry Scott Richard of Roberts, Miller, Baggett, LaFace, Richard & Wiser, Tallahassee, amicus curiae for The Florida Press Ass'n and The Florida Soc. of Newspaper Editors.

Harvey H. Rollings of Pavese, Shields, Garner, Haverfield, Kluttz & Cottrell, Cape Coral, amicus curiae for Cape Coral Medical Center, Inc.

Joel T. Strawn of MacMillan, Newett, Adams, Strawn, Stanley & Botos, Delray Beach, amicus curiae for Florida Hospital Ass'n, Inc.

SCHOONOVER, Judge.

The appellant, News-Press Publishing Co., Inc., has appealed the trial court's denial of an injunction requiring the appellees' internal budget committee and certain other committees to hold public meetings pursuant to section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1979), commonly known as the Government in the Sunshine Law.

We find that the trial court erred in holding that meetings of the ad hoc internal budget committee of Lee Memorial Hospital were...

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