NEWS & SUN-SENTINEL CO. v. MODESITT

No. BC-251.

466 So.2d 1164 (1985)

NEWS and SUN-SENTINEL CO., a Delaware Corporation, D/B/a Fort Lauderdale News and Sun-Sentinel, and Mark Prendergast, Appellants, v. Don MODESITT, State Attorney of the Second Judicial Circuit, State of Florida, Doyle Conner, Commissioner of Agriculture, State of Florida, and Fount H. May, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilton L. Strickland, Ricki Tannen of Ferrero, Middlebrooks & Strickland, Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.

Hugh M. Taylor of Bryant, Miller & Olive, Tallahassee, for appellees.


THOMPSON, Judge.

Appellants seek review of a final judgment finding that certain documents in the Commissioner of Agriculture's possession were not public records within the provisions of Chapter 119, Fla. Stat. We affirm.

In a 12 page final judgment, the trial judge set forth his findings of fact and conclusions of law in detail. We agree with each of those findings of fact and conclusions of law and by reference adopt them in this opinion.

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