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TRIBUNE CO. v. CANNELLA

Nos. 64450, 64453.

458 So.2d 1075 (1984)

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. Robert DePERTE, Robert Jones, and Roy Pierce, Petitioners, v. The TRIBUNE COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian Clarkson, Gregg D. Thomas, Steven L. Brannock and Mike Piscitelli of Holland & Knight, Tampa, for The Tribune Co., petitioner/cross-respondent.

Joseph G. Spicola, Jr., City Atty., and Luis G. Figueroa, Asst. City Atty., for Cynthia Sontag, Director of Administration of the City of Tampa.

Edwina J. Duryea and R. Jeffrey Stull of Stull & Heidt, Tampa, for DePerte, Jones and Pierce.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Mitchell D. Franks, Chief Trial Counsel and Eric J. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, amicus curiae for State of Florida.

George K. Rahdert of Rahdert, Anderson & Richardson, St. Petersburg, and Richard J. Ovelmen, Gen. Counsel, Miami, amici curiae for Times Pub. Co. and The Miami Herald Pub. Co.

EHRLICH, Justice.

This case is before us to answer questions certified to be of great public importance. Tribune Co. v. Cannella, 438 So.2d 516 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

The Tampa Times, a now-defunct afternoon newspaper published by the Tribune Co., sought release of the personnel files of three Tampa police officers, pursuant to the Public Records Act, chapter...

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