DEPT. OF HEALTH v. TALLAHASSEE DEMO., INC.

No. BI-53.

481 So.2d 958 (1986)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Petitioner, v. TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT, INC., and Friends of Children, Inc., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Pearce, Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Murray H. Dubbin of Dubbin & Berkman, Miami, for appellee Friends of Children, Inc.

C. Gary Williams and Michael J. Glazer of Ausley, McMullen, McGehee, Carothers & Proctor, Tallahassee, for appellee Tallahassee Democrat.


WENTWORTH, Judge.

The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) seeks review of a hearing officer's ruling that an administrative hearing would not be closed to the public and news media.1 We find that HRS has failed to demonstrate any error below, and we therefore affirm the order under review.

Friends of Children, Inc. (Friends) is a child placement/adoption agency which applied for a Florida license. HRS expressed...

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