TRIBUNE CO. v. CANNELLA

No. 82-1635.

438 So.2d 516 (1983)

The TRIBUNE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Norman CANNELLA, Chief Assistant State Attorney, Cynthia Sontag, Director of Administration of the City of Tampa, Robert DePerte, Robert Jones, and Roy Pierce, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 30, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preston Moore and Steven L. Brannock of Holland & Knight, Tampa, for petitioner.

Joseph G. Spicola, Jr., City Atty., Luis G. Figueroa and Salvatore Territo, Asst. City Attys., Tampa, for respondent Cynthia Sontag.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Eric J. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent Norman Cannella.

R. Jeffrey Stull of Stull & Heidt, Tampa, for respondents Robert DePerte, Robert Jones, and Roy Pierce.

Sanford L. Bohrer and Franklin G. Burt of Paul & Thomson, Miami, for amicus curiae Lakeland Ledger Pub. Co.

George K. Rahdert of Rahdert, Anderson & Richardson, St. Petersburg, for amicus curiae Times Pub. Co.


PER CURIAM.

The Tribune Company, publisher of the Tampa Times, petitions for writ of certiorari to review the trial court's orders denying its petitions for writ of mandamus. Petitioner sought mandamus to compel respondents Norman Cannella, Chief Assistant State Attorney, and Cynthia Sontag, Director of Administration of the City of Tampa, to release the personnel files of Tampa police officers Robert DePerte, Robert Jones, and Roy Pierce, which petitioner...

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