LOCKE v. HAWKES

Nos. 76090, 76803.

595 So.2d 32 (1992)

Dick LOCKE, Petitioner, v. Paul M. HAWKES, Respondent. FLORIDA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Petitioner, v. Jon I. GORDON, Judge, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin X. Crowley of Cobb, Cole & Bell, Tallahassee, for Dick Locke and Florida House of Representatives.

Valerie W. Evans, Orlando, for Paul M. Hawkes

Parker D. Thomson and Scott A. Browdy of Thomson Muraro Bohrer & Razook, P.A., Miami, for amicus curiae, The Miami Herald, Tallahassee Democrat, Florida Press Ass'n, Florida Society of Newspaper Editors and Florida First Amendment Foundation.

Samuel A. Terilli, Jr. and Jerold I. Budney of the Miami Herald Publishing Co., Miami, for amicus curiae, The Miami Herald.

George K. Rahdert of Rahdert and Anderson, St. Petersburg, for amicus curiae, The Times Publishing Co.

George Freeman of The New York Times Com., New York City, for amicus curiae, The New York Times Regional Newspaper Group Florida Newspapers.

Gregg D. Thomas of Holland and Knight, Tampa, for amicus curiae, The Tribune Co.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Walter M. Meginniss, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen. and Louis F. Hubener, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for Jon I. Gordon.

Edward S. Schwartz of the Law Offices of Philip M. Gerson, P.A., Miami, for David Singer intervenor.


OVERTON, Justice.

These two cases concern the applicability of chapter 119, Florida Statutes (1987) (Public Records Law), to the individual records, including the individual bank accounts, of members of the Florida Legislature. In the first case, Locke v. Hawkes, Paul M. Hawkes, a candidate who unsuccessfully opposed Representative Dick Locke in the 1988 campaign for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives, filed a request under chapter 119 for the production...

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